Topics in this section

• Reference Other Drawing Files

  You can attach an entire drawing to the current drawing as a referenced drawing. With xrefs, changes made in the referenced drawing are reflected in the current drawing.

• Link and Embed Data (OLE)

  With the Microsoft Windows OLE feature, you can copy or move information from one application to another while retaining the ability to edit the information in the original application.

• Work with Data in Other Formats

  You can work with many different types of files, including files created with other applications and files created in earlier releases of the program. You can also specify search paths for drawing and support files.

• Extract Data from Drawings and Spreadsheets

  You can extract property data from objects in drawings and export the output to a table or to an external file.

• Access External Databases

  You can associate, or link, data stored in external databases with graphical objects in a drawing.