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Use this tool to select the tagged template block file and display everything
(such as description, location, manufacturer, and catalog number codes) that
has been linked to it.
Ribbon: Conversion Tools tab Attributes panel Show Links.
Toolbar: Link Schematic
Menu: Projects Conversion Tools Link Schematic Show Links
Command entry: AESHOWLINK
Select a single link by picking or multiple links by windowing. Temporary line
graphics show what was previously linked.
Un link
Use this tool to select an existing linked attribute and unlink the attribute
from the symbol, changing the attribute to AutoCAD text.
Ribbon: Conversion Tools tab Attributes panel Un-Link.
Toolbar: Link Schematic
Menu: Projects Conversion Tools Link Schematic Un Link
Command entry: AEUNLINK
Select the link to remove; the link between the attributes and the block it is
associated to is removed.
Overview of block/attribute mapping
You can perform drawing-wide or project-wide block replacements using a
user-defined Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and an AutoCAD Electrical-aware
symbol library that it references. The spreadsheet performs a lookup for each
block name and finds the corresponding new block. Each new block drawing
is pulled from the AutoCAD Electrical symbol library and inserted (scaled and
rotated as required) in the drawing. The spreadsheet is checked to copy the
old attribute values to the appropriate new names on the newly inserted block.
This process continues across the drawing, and terminates when no more
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