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Identify and Select Existing Links
After you have created links to AutoCAD graphical objects, you may want to
view the data that is associated with them. For example, suppose you have
linked employee database records to an office layout and you want to locate
a particular employee’s office in the drawing. You can select the employee’s
record in the Data View window to select any corresponding linked graphical
objects in your drawing. Conversely, you can select AutoCAD objects to
select any linked database records in the Data View window.
Automatic Selection of Linked Objects
You can set up AutoCAD to automatically select linked graphical objects in
your drawing as additional records are selected in the Data View window.
Conversely, you can set up AutoCAD to select linked database records as
additional graphical objects are selected in your drawing. Only one of these
automatic viewing modes can be active at a time.
Other Display Options
You can use the Data View and Query Options dialog box to set a number of
viewing options that affect how linked records and linked graphical objects
are displayed whenever a corresponding linked item is selected.
The Automatically Pan Drawing option automatically pans the AutoCAD
drawing to display objects that are associated with the current selection set of
records in the Data View window. If you have multiple records selected in the
Data View window, AutoPan may not be able to fit all of them in the drawing
window with your drawing’s current zoom factor. To control for this, you can
set a zoom factor for the AutoPan mode that ensures that all linked objects
associated with the current record set are displayed.