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792 | Chapter 28 Use the Internet to Share Drawings
Get Started with Internet Access
To use the AutoCAD Internet features, you must have Internet or intranet
access and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 (or a later version). The term
Internet is used to refer to both the Internet and an intranet. To save files to
an Internet location, you must have sufficient access rights to the directory
where the files are stored. Contact your network administrator or Internet
service provider (ISP) to receive access rights for you and anyone else who
needs to work with the files.
If you connect to the Internet through your company’s network, you might
have to set up a proxy server configuration. Proxy servers act as security
barriers by shielding information on your company’s network from potential
security risks due to external Internet access. See the Internet applet in the
Windows
®
Control Panel or contact your network administrator for details
about how to configure a proxy server in your network environment.
Add Hyperlinks to a Drawing
You can add hyperlinks to your drawings that provide jumps to specific files
or websites.
Overview of Using Hyperlinks in a Drawing
Hyperlinks are pointers you create in your AutoCAD drawings that provide
jumps to associated files. For example, you can create a hyperlink that
launches a word processing program and opens a specific file, or a hyperlink
that activates your web browser and loads a particular HTML page. You can
also specify a named location to jump to in a file, such as a view in AutoCAD
or a bookmark in a word processing program. You can attach hyperlinks to
any graphical object in an AutoCAD drawing. Hyperlinks provide a simple
and powerful way to quickly associate a variety of documents (such as other
drawings, bills of materials, or project schedules) with an AutoCAD drawing.