AC430-2: Data Extraction: Your Table Is Waiting
Session: AC430-2
Title: Data Extraction: Your Table Is Waiting
Instructor: Bill Fane
Course Description: The simple wizard of the DataExtraction command makes it easy to query a drawing or set of drawings and extract the current values of every property of every type of object, such as block insertions, attribute values, the areas of circles, ellipses, and closed splines and plines, as well as layer, coordinate, and other property values. It can also extract data about the file itself including author, last editing date, and so on. The extracted data can be saved directly as an Excel® spreadsheet or as an AutoCAD® table in the source drawing or both. We will also study how to link any Excel spreadsheet to an AutoCAD table, and by combining the two capabilities, we will cover a clever trick that takes data extraction and linking even further. The extracted data and linked tables can be updated when anything changes.
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