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Linking objects to excel database???

Linking objects to excel database???

Linking objects to excel database???

(OP)
I have over 500 objects (GPS surveying monuments) within a drawing and I have a excel spreadsheet with x,y,z coordinates along with description etc,etc. Is ther a way I can link the monuments to there proper row within excel???

RE: Linking objects to excel database???

If you go the Autodesk Point A web site they had a tutorial on how link objects to a spreadsheet, ran for 3 or 4 weeks if I remember.

RE: Linking objects to excel database???

Hi, JKinzenbaw

>> I have over 500 objects (GPS surveying monuments)

Let me know what kind of ACAD object these monuments are. It's Text, Line or Block?

I may give you some help when I know this

RE: Linking objects to excel database???

(OP)
Hi dongxiao,

They are all block form,  do you have any suggestions?  I have been using Hyperlink to take me my database.  But I would like to have the link that take me to only the information for that certain monument not the whole document.

RE: Linking objects to excel database???

JKinzenbaw

It may take me one week to develop such a routine with friendly user interface (I am using AutoCAD VBA)

What this routine can achieve

1. Take your file and automatically populate your 500 monuments in predefined block with insertion X, Y, Z value extracting from Excel, plus descriptor as block's attribute

2. All populated blocks in ACAD are linking to Excel and by clicking on any of them in ACAD you can get a dialog box showing which row, col it's linking

3. If you update any value in Excel, the corresponding block's X, Y, Z and attribute value will get updated when you open this drawing or by clicking on Update menu. That means changing of X,Y,Z in Excel will move the block in ACAD automatically

You may drop me an email at info@cadtool.net to discuss further

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