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Written by Bob Mecham.

MicroStation can import files from external application such as Microsoft Word and Excel.

Link an Excel Sheet to MicroStation:

1. Open the Excel file and Select the amount of data you want to copy.

Link Object is a reference to information in another document. There is a link between documents and any changes made to the source document will be reflected in destination documents. So if we embed a raster image in a drawing file as an OLE object, the image will be saved in the.dwg file. To do that we have to go through 6 simple steps. Images, OLE Objects and wipeouts are the culprits I will address today. For example - you have a drawing with an Excel table in it. The table was inserted with a simple copy/paste - which makes it an OLE object. Examples of valid OLE objects are Microsoft Windows OLE-compliant applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio. I have followed the documentation perfectly and am convinced that one cannot insert a PDF file as an OLE object into a slide using VBA. Double-click the attribute where you want to insert the OLE object. Click Insert OLE Object. Select the options that you want. Information about the available options is displayed in the Result panel when you make a selection. OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) is Microsoft's framework for a compound document technology. Briefly, a compound document is something like a display desktop that can contain visual and information objects of all kinds: text, calendars, animations, sound, motion video, 3-D, continually updated news, controls, and so forth.

2. From the Excel pulldown Edit>Copy. The data is copied to the clipboard.

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3. Open the MicroStation file you want to paste the Excel Sheet into.

4. From the MicroStation pulldown Edit>Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog appears.

5. From the list of Data Type select “Linked Microsoft Excel Worksheet”

6. Select the Paste icon.

7. In the Paste OLE Tool Settings dialog set the Method to By Size and set the appropriate scale.

8. Place a data point in the view to place the linked excel sheet.

Importing Options:

There are three ways to import the source files as pictures, embedded files, or linked files.

– A picture is a screen capture of the application. The image is static and is not updated when changes are made to the source.

– An embedded file is imported and saved into the DGN file. Edits made to the embedded file are saved in the DGN file.

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– A linked file is imported to the DGN file but still resides in the original application. Edits are made to the source file and can be updated using the MicroStation Update link tool.

MicroStation Viewing:

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When viewing a linked or embedded file in MicroStation it may appear shaded. This is due to the source application, Excel, being currently opened and its worksheet edited (see screen shot below). Once the source application is saved and closed the shading will not be seen in MicroStation

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OLE Updating:

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After changes are made to the source application the data stored in the DGN file will need updating. OLE data can be updated from the MicroStation pulldown menu Edit>Update Links