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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
800 | Chapter 28 Use the Internet to Share Drawings
Work with Drawing Files over the Internet
You can open and save drawings to an Internet location, attach externally
referenced drawings stored on the Internet, use i-drop to insert blocks by
dragging drawings from a website, and create a transmittal set of a DWG that
automatically includes all its related files.
Open and Save Drawing Files from the Internet
You can use AutoCAD to open and save files from the Internet. The AutoCAD
file input and output commands (
OPEN, EXPORT, APPLOAD, and so on) recog-
nize any valid Uniform Resource Locator (URL) path to an AutoCAD file. The
drawing file that you specify is downloaded to your computer and opened in
the AutoCAD drawing area. You can then edit the drawing and save it, either
locally or back to any Internet or intranet location for which you have
sufficient access privileges.
If you know the URL to the file you want to open, you can enter it directly
in the Select File dialog box. You can also browse defined FTP sites or web
folders in the Select File dialog box, use the Browse the Web dialog box to
navigate to the Internet location where the file is stored (see “Use the Browse
the Web Dialog Box” on page 800), or access project sites hosted by
Buzzsaw.com using the Select File dialog box (see “Access a Buzzsaw Site” on
page 800).
Use the Browse the Web Dialog Box
With the Browse the Web dialog box, you can navigate quickly to a specific
Internet location to open or save a file. You can specify a default Internet
location that is loaded each time you open the Browse the Web dialog box.
Using the Browse the Web dialog box to access files is particularly useful
when you don’t know the correct URL, or when you want to avoid entering
a long URL each time you access an Internet location.
Access a Buzzsaw Site
Using the Buzzsaw™ icon on in the Select File dialog box, you can access
project sites hosted by Buzzsaw.com. You can either select an existing project
site from the Files list or create a new project site with the Add Site option.