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Show All Tables In One Data View: Opens only one Data View window.
When you open a new table, the previous table is automatically closed.
Data Views
You can specify the behavior of the Data View.
Open In Read-Only Mode: Opens the Data View in read-only mode. When
this option is selected, you cannot edit data in the Data View.
Save Format And Style Changes With Drawing: Saves all formatting
changes, such as column width, font, color, or borders, that you make in
the Data View.
Keep On Top: Specifies whether the Data View window remains on top of
all other windows, even when it is not the active window.
See also:
Overview of Viewing External Data Sources for Drawing Objects (page 1048)
Overview of Linking Database Records to Objects (page 522)
NOTE Data View is for drawing data only. For options related to the Data Table,
which displays the properties of geospatial feature data, see
Overview of the Data
Table
(page 1127).
To set Data View options
1 In the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace, click Map Setup tab Map
panel angle-arrow.
2 In the
AutoCAD Map Options dialog box (page 1908), select the Data Source
(page 1914) tab.
3 Modify the options you want.
4 To change the number of filters that AutoCAD Map 3D displays in the
Table Filter History dialog box, select the
Current Drawing (page 1909) tab.
Enter a new number.
5 Click OK.
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