Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
Now that you’ve got database links established, you can begin to make use of them. In the following exercise, you’ll see how you can locate a database record by selecting an object in your drawing. 1. Go to the top of the table by clicking the first record...
Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
So far, you’ve looked at ways you can access and edit an external database file.You can also link specific drawing objects to elements in a database. But before you can link your drawing to data, you must Create a link template. Link templates let you set up...
Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
AutoCAD offers a way to access an external database from within AutoCAD through the dbConnect Manager. With the dbConnect Manager, you can read and manipulate data from external database files. You can also use dbConnect Manager to link parts of your drawing to an...
Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
This chapter mentioned that you can extract information regarding blocks, as well as attributes. To do this, you must use the following format: This example includes some typical values for the attribute-codes. The following list describes what each line in the above...
Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
Once you have entered the attributes into your drawing, you can extract the information contained in the attributes and use that information in other programs. You may, for example, want to keep track of the door information in a database manager. This is especially...
Storing and Linking Data with Graphics
Finally, you should be aware that attributes act differently from other objects when included in redefined blocks. Normally, blocks that have been redefined change their configuration to reflect the new block definition. But if a redefined block contains attributes,...
