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2 Use the Generate Links (page 1067) command to automatically attach data
to objects.
In the Generate Data Links dialog box (page 1807), select the Enclosed Text
option. This option links the text data to the polyline enclosing the text.
Under Data Links, select Create Object Data Records and select the name
of the table you created in step 1.
Click OK and select the objects you want. For each selected object,
AutoCAD Map 3D creates a new record in the selected object data table
and fills the record with the enclosed text.
3 In the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace, click Output tab ➤ Map Data
Transfer panel ➤ Map 3D Export.
4 On the Data or Feature Class tab of the Map Export dialog box (page 1723),
select the table you created in step 1. Select any other export options you
want and export the objects.
Quick Reference
ADEDEFDATA
Defines object data
Setup menu ➤ Define Object Data
Menu
Define Object Data
Icon
ADEDEFDATACommand Line
Define Object Data dialog boxDialog Box
ADEGENLINK
Automatically links objects to object data or external database records
In the Classic workspace, click Setup menu ➤ More
Link Template Options ➤ Generate Links
Menu
ADEGENLINKCommand Line
In Map Explorer, right-click a link
template ➤ Generate Links
Task Pane
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