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Table Of Contents
Quick Reference
Commands
DATAEXTRACTION
Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source to a data
extraction table or external file.
System Variables
DXEVAL
Controls when data extraction tables are compared against the data source,
and if the data is not current, displays an update notification.
Output Extracted Data
You can export extracted data to a table or an external file.
On the Choose Output page in the Data Extraction wizard, you can output
the extracted data to a data extraction table, to an external file, or both.
Output Extracted Data to a Table
By choosing the Insert Data Extraction Table into Drawing option on the
Choose Output page, you are prompted to insert the table into the current
drawing when the extraction is complete. The table is created using the table
style you selected, and is populated with the data that was extracted from the
data source. If an Excel spreadsheet is linked, the selected columns from the
spreadsheet are included in the table.
Although a data extraction table looks like a table that was created using the
TABLE command, there are some key differences.
A tooltip displays information about the data extraction when the table
is selected.
When a drawing containing a data extraction table is opened in AutoCAD
LT, the tooltip text indicates the table contains extracted data. You cannot
update the extracted data or change a data link, if one exists
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