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Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:31:40 GMT

When I add an Ole object to a CAD drawing (Excel, Word doc) and I high light a section of the document, when I plot it, the highlighted section doesn't show. I've checked the Plot Style Table (monochrome.ctb) settings, but still nothing. Thanks in advance for any help.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

pendean — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:24:26 GMT

Plot Style Table settings have no effect whatsoever on images in your DWG file: they only affect AutoCAD Objects.

your image must contain whatever you want it to print from the source of the image.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:53:39 GMT

What I'm doing is in CAD going to Insert/OLE Object/Microsoft Excel Worksheet. I add the data to the Excel Worksheet and highlight a couple of rows. In CAD, the image shows the highlighted rows, and when I go to plot it, I can preview it and it shows the highlighted rows, but when its plotted, the highlights are gone.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

paullimapa — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:55:41 GMT

Have you tried plotting a PDF using Dwg To Pdf.pc3 ?

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:04:34 GMT

Just tried it. Same results.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

paullimapa — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:11:30 GMT

Do you have the latest LT updates installed? Enter ABOUT command, do a screen capture & post that here

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:18:08 GMT

Yes, I just got a new computer about a week ago, and installed CAD from the website. I was having this issue with my other computer, but just lived with it. Figured I'd throw this out and see if someone had a fix.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

paullimapa — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:49:23 GMT

Still doesn’t mean you installed the latest AutoCAD LT updates

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

pendean — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:01:45 GMT

Thanks for the screenshots: you want to change this from MONOCHROME to...

Then your OLE will print in the color it is in the source file.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

pendean — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:04:57 GMT

@paullimapa wrote:
Still doesn’t mean you installed the latest AutoCAD LT updates

It does do that for most users since the last year I believe

https://manage.autodesk.com/products

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:26:43 GMT

That did. Thank you so much. I knew it was going to be some setting that I was missing.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:28:54 GMT

Thanks. I will double check this. My original issue was resolved by pendean's comment. Thank you again.

Re: Ole Object Highlighted Section Not Plotting The Color

jpateQ5L7E — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:06:01 GMT

Thanks again for your help.