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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Import OLE Objects | 705
Embed OLE Objects in Drawings
When you embed information from another document in a drawing, the
information is not updated when it changes in the source document.
You can embed an object in an AutoCAD drawing by copying the object to
the Clipboard and then pasting it into your AutoCAD drawing file. For exam-
ple, you can embed a company logo created with another application into an
AutoCAD drawing.
Most non-AutoCAD OLE objects are pasted in as embedded OLE objects.
AutoCAD displays the OLE Properties dialog box unless the file has a .txt
extension. A .txt file becomes a multiline text (mtext) object.
The OLE Properties dialog box displays the current size of the OLE object. You
can resize the object by drawing units or by percentage of the current size.
You can also scale text by assigning a point size to a font contained in the
OLE object.
If you do not want the dialog box to be displayed automatically, you can
clear Display Dialog When Pasting New OLE Objects in the OLE Properties
dialog box. You can also clear Display OLE Scale Dialog in the Options dialog
box, System tab.
Drag Objects into AutoCAD
You can drag selected data and graphics into AutoCAD from another active
application window. Both AutoCAD and the other application must be
running and visible on your screen. The other application must support
ActiveX to drag information between applications. Objects dragged into
AutoCAD are embedded, not linked.
Dragging data is the same as cutting and pasting. The information is removed
from one document and pasted into the other document. Holding down
CTRL while dragging is the same as copying and pasting in that it creates a
copy of the information, leaving the original document intact.
Control the Quality of Objects
Most modern plotters and printers are raster-capable devices. AutoCAD
renders OLE objects as raster when a raster plotter is in use. Because large,
high resolution, color-rich rasters can be expensive to plot, you have some
control over how each object is displayed by AutoCAD and you have control
over how each object is plotted.