requires:

xlrd -- http://www.lexicon.net/sjmachin/xlrd.htm

dxfwrite -- http://bitbucket.org/mozman/dxfwrite

usage:

python xls2dxf.py <excel-file> [options]

creates for each sheet in <excel-file> a dxf file

dxf filename format: <excel-file>.<sheetname>.dxf

Options:

-h, --help	show this help message and exit
-s SHEETNAME, --sheet=SHEETNAME
	process only SHEETNAME
-r ROWS, --rows=ROWS
	process only first ROWS
-c COLS, --cols=COLS
	process only first COLS

supports:

• row and column span
• multi line text
• arbitrary angle rotated text
• stacked text
• solid background filling
• different border widths

not supported:

• diagrams
• images
• diagonal border lines
• background pattern
• ole ...

easy_install xls2dxf

python setup.py install

Documentation

http://bitbucket.org/mozman/xls2dxf/wiki/Home

Good Luck! Feedback is greatly appreciated.

Manfred

mozman@gmx.at

xls2dxf.py can be found on bitbucket.org at:

http://bitbucket.org/mozman/xls2dxf