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Dynamically Combine AutoCAD Data Extraction Tables with Excel Tables

By Donnie Gladfelter on April 28, 2010

Anyone who follows me on twitter got a heads up about this post yesterday. Ever since its introduction in 2008, Excel table linking has been one of my favorite features inside AutoCAD. Likewise, it seems I’m not alone with that notion, as my posts discussing AutoCAD and Excel interoperability are consistently some of my post [...]

Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged Attributes, Blocks, Data Extraction, Data Link, Excel | 4 Responses

Creating & Using Blocks With Multiple Insertion Points

By Donnie Gladfelter on January 5, 2009

As you may have noticed, there hasn’t been much activity here on The CAD Geek since AU. The reason for that is quite simply I have been on vacation since December 13. Today however was the end of my three-week break from the office, and gasp; AutoCAD. As much as I love to play with [...]

Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, Blocks, Dynamic Blocks, features | 5 Responses

Update Block Attributes Using Excel

By Donnie Gladfelter on March 12, 2008

My post titled “Quickly Link Excel Tables to AutoCAD” from last August continues to be one of my most popular posts to date. As a result I have received a number of e-mails from readers such as you asking about other ways to link Excel data with AutoCAD data. A popular variation has been asking [...]

Posted in AutoCAD | Tagged AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, Blocks, Excel, features, Tips & Tricks | 44 Responses

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Dynamically Combine AutoCAD Data Extraction Tables with Excel Tables

Creating & Using Blocks With Multiple Insertion Points

Update Block Attributes Using Excel

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