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Spanner 4.0

Ideal for:

• Panel Schedules
• Equipment Schedules
• Room Finish Schedules
• Door and Window Schedules
• Bills of Materials
• Parts lists
• Notes

Features

• The data is transferred via a transfer data file. You do not need to have AutoCAD running under Windows. Includes an Excel macro to create the transfer file and an AutoLISP program to read the transfer file and import the worksheet. Creates a block in AutoCAD composed of lines, polylines and AutoCAD text.

• Column widths and row heights are transferred and can be changed within AutoCAD.

• Text Alignments are transferred, including:
  • Horizontal alignment - Left, Right and Center of the cell
  • Vertical alignment - Top, Bottom and Middle of the cell
  • Rotated upwards or downwards (90 or 270 degrees)
  • Vertical text
  • Centered across more than one column

• Text height is transferred. You can have any number of different heights.

• Any AutoCAD font can be assigned to each Excel text type (Normal, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic). Different layers and colors can be set for each type of text. You can change the assigned text styles, layers and colors in AutoCAD.

• Borders can be displayed as lines or polylines. AutoCAD layers, colors, linetypes and widths can be assigned to each of seven types of Excel borders.

• A layer, color and linetype can be assigned to the grid lines.

• Borders and Grid lines can be turned on or off in AutoCAD.

• The AutoCAD drawing can be updated when new data is available in the transfer data file.

System Requirements

• AutoCAD 2004;
• AutoCAD 2002;
• AutoCAD 2000i;
• AutoCAD 2000;
• AutoCAD release 14;
• AutoCAD releases 12 and 13 for Dos, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT;
• and Excel 5.0, 7.0, 95, 97 and 2000

We offer a free, working demo of Spanner. Before you buy, try it out at your site, with your system and your data.

"Why," you ask, "do I need Spanner when AutoCAD has this ability built-in?"
Well, we're glad you asked.

Sound too good to be true? Well, it's pretty cool but it won't walk the dog or cut the lawn, and here are a few more non-supported issues.