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Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing | 747
To export links from an AutoCAD drawing
1 From the dbConnect menu, choose Links Export links.
2 Create a selection set of AutoCAD graphical objects whose links you want
to export.
If more than one link template exists for the set of graphical objects that
you select, the Select Link Template dialog box is displayed and you are
prompted to select a link template. If your selection set contains only one
link template, the Export Links dialog box is displayed.
3 In the Export Links dialog box, select the fields to include by clicking
them in the Include Fields list.
4 The key fields for the selected link template are included automatically.
AutoCAD also exports the entity handle of the object that each link is
associated with.
5 Enter a name for the exported file in File Name.
6 Select a file format for the file from the Save As Type list.
7 You may save the file in the native database format of the current table or
as a comma-delimited or space-delimited text file.
8 Choose Save to export the links and close the dialog box.
9 Repeat steps 1 through 6, as necessary, for any additional link templates
whose links you want to export.
Use Labels to Display Database Information
in the Drawing
Labels are multiline text objects that display data in a AutoCAD drawing
from selected fields stored in an external database table.
Create and Edit Labels and Label Templates
Links provide a powerful mechanism for associating external data with
AutoCAD graphical objects. By selecting linked objects, you can readily
access their associated records in the database table. Links do, however, have
some inherent limitations. Suppose, for example, that you wanted to print
an AutoCAD drawing and include the external data associated with individ-
ual links. Because the links are merely pointers to the external database table,
the external data would not appear in your printed drawing. For those
occasions when you want a visible representation of external data in a
drawing, AutoCAD provides labels.