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Hatching based on ms access information
Turning the poly's into blocks should work. I can name the block with the room/workstation number. This way each polyline is referenced to the item it surrounds as well as the cooresponding record in Access. I have set up a few already. Is this going to make my dwg huge? With the label links...- revster
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- Forum: Autodesk: AutoCAD
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Hatching based on ms access information
Todd, Sorry for the delay in replying, this is only one of may projects on my plate. My database is set up and populated and I am able to pull in the names and depts into AutoCad through dbConnect, (the easy part of my dilema). They are inserted as labels and not directly linked to any...- revster
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- Forum: Autodesk: AutoCAD
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Hatching based on ms access information
Todd, I am still developing the database but will have a table with names, business units, departments, sub-groups and room number. In my autocad drawing I will put my polylines around each individual room. I wish to link these polylines to the coorsponding "room number" in access and read...- revster
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- Forum: Autodesk: AutoCAD
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Hatching based on ms access information
I am working on a project where I update furniture/office layouts with the occupants name and hatch departmental areas. The names and departmental information are contained in an Access Database. Linking the name to the drawing and displaying as a label is not a problem. I would also like to...- revster
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