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Edit OLE Objects in Drawings | 709
To embed objects in another document
1 From the AutoCAD Edit menu, choose Copy.
2 In the drawing area, select the AutoCAD objects you want to embed and
then press
ENTER.
The selected objects are copied to the Clipboard.
3 Start the container application, and open a new or existing document.
4 Paste the Clipboard contents into the document, following the container
application's instructions for embedding the Clipboard contents.
Command line
COPYCLIP
To link a view to another document
1 Save the AutoCAD drawing you want to link first, so that it has a drawing
name.
2 If multiple viewports are displayed, select a viewport.
3 From the AutoCAD Edit menu, choose Copy Link.
AutoCAD copies the view to the Clipboard.
4 Open a new or existing document in the container application.
5 Paste the Clipboard contents into the document, following that
application's procedures for inserting linked data.
The inserted OLE object is displayed in the document and can be edited
from AutoCAD through the container application.
Command line
COPYLINK
Edit OLE Objects in Drawings
You can easily edit linked or embedded OLE objects by double-clicking the
object. This opens the server application, where you can make your modifi-
cations. The editing operations available depend on whether AutoCAD is the
server application or the container application.
Edit OLE Objects When AutoCAD Is the Server Application
The document containing a linked AutoCAD drawing stores the AutoCAD
drawing’s file location. You can edit a linked AutoCAD drawing either from
the container application or in AutoCAD. AutoCAD must be loaded or acces-
sible on the system along with the document you are editing.