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8 Click OK.
9 On the command line, enter MAPDIGITIZE to begin digitizing.
AutoCAD Map 3D prompts you for a key value for each object. The database
validation option you select here determines what happens as you enter a
value for each digitized object:
■ Validate —AutoCAD Map 3D checks whether the value you enter exists
in the database table. If the value exists, the link data is attached to the
object; if the value does not exist, AutoCAD Map 3D requests a new value.
Use this option to link each object to an existing record in the table.
■ Validate and Create —AutoCAD Map 3D checks whether the value you
enter exists in the database table. If the value exists, the link data is attached
to the object; if the value does not exist, AutoCAD Map 3D creates a new
record in the database table with this value in the key column, and attaches
the link data to the object. Use the
Link Template Data Entry dialog box
(page 1619) to enter values for the other columns in the new record.
■ No Validation —AutoCAD Map 3D attaches the link data to the object
without checking that the value exists in the table. Use this option if you
do not have a corresponding database record and do not want to create
one at this time.
NOTE These processes create drawing objects. To convert the drawing objects
into geospatial feature data, see
Overview of Publishing and Sharing (page 1357).
Quick Reference
MAPDEFINELT
Defines a link template for a database table
Click Setup ➤ More Link Template Options ➤ Delete
Link Template.
Menu
Define Link Template
Icon
MAPDEFINELTCommand Line
In Map Explorer, right-click a data source table or
query ➤ Define Link Template
Task Pane
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