Using Excel to draw scaled sketches

[Mike Richings]

I'm currently trying to see if I can get Excel to draw
and print scaled sketches of objects using cell values as
the objects dimensions. Has anyone tried this or got any
tips as to the best way to go about it ?

Thanks.

 

[Mark Henri]

I'm currently trying to see if I can get Excel to draw

and print scaled sketches of objects using cell values as
the objects dimensions. Has anyone tried this or got any
tips as to the best way to go about it ?

There's an ActiveX control called VSDraw that's part of their VSPrint
library that might be what you're looking for. After installing it on the
system and dropping it into the spreadsheet, you'd need to write some macro
code to get the cell values and then render them on the drawing surface.
Their drawing primitives are faily basic-- MoveTo, LineTo, Arc, Circle,
etc. but the manual has good example code.

 

[Jeff Bennett]

I'm currently trying to see if I can get Excel to draw
and print scaled sketches of objects using cell values as
the objects dimensions. Has anyone tried this or got any
tips as to the best way to go about it ?

Thanks.

Our MetaDraw control can be used inside Excel
to allow creating image from Excel VBA code,
or you can allow end-user drawing if you like.


=> Drop me a note by e-mail if this seems interesting to
you. I'd be happy to answer questions on MetaDraw
and to get you started with evaluation.


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