![]() Select a cell within your AutoCAD Table.This is relatively easy to do within AutoCAD by: Instead, I have found it easier to modify the Excel table by opening the Excel document itself. ![]() While AutoCAD does have the ability to write back to Excel, I have found the methodology in doing such to be very cumbersome. Other information like the path to the linked Excel table and what cells are being displayed is among the data previewed. AutoCAD automatically generates a Data Link when you use the Paste Special method, hence the Excel Data Link 1 name. That is letting you know the table contents are being red from an external Excel table.įinally if you have dynamic input (DYN) turned on the southeast quadrant of your cursor will show some information about the data link associated with the table. The second icon is supposed to be two chain links. What that means is changes to the Excel document will be updated in AutoCAD as well, however you cannot make a change in AutoCAD and it update Excel. The padlock icon to the left indicates that the table is locked. If you have “DYN” turned on (available from status bar) you will see some helpful information when you hover over the table.įirst notice the two icons in the Northeast quadrant of your cursor. Select an insertion point for your table, and just like that you have a table which is linked to AutoCAD. From the resulting dialog box, Select the “ Paste Link” radio button, and then select “ AutoCAD Entities” under the “ As” heading.
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