Assign/Edit Datalinks

Once the AutoCAD iDesigner menu is loaded, select iDesigner from the pull-down menus, then Edit Datalinks.

This displays a window showing all attributes in the selected AutoCAD block.

AutoCAD will prompt you to select objects.

Select a block with attributes, and then press enter.

AutoCAD will display the Edit Datalinks window:

This window shows all attributes and Datalinks defined in the block selected.

Note: To view available Keyword Datalinks for any drawing in the Designer's Drawing List open the Datalinks. This window includes 'copy and paste facilities' of Datalinks from the report window into the AutoCAD Edit Datalinks window.

In the example above, the Description attribute has three Datalinks assigned. This will update the attribute value with item Description, Size and Material for the first item assigned to the hookup (e.g. Description1, Size1 and Material1 return the values for Item 1).

To assign a DataLink, either type in a valid DataLink or copy it from the Datalinks (using Windows copy and paste - Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V etc.) or by dragging and dropping from that window (hold the Ctrl key and drag the report DataLink to a field above).

Refer to Datalinks for more information on Datalinks.