Tag Archives: Excel

Auto Updating Data Links

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Zach Graff

Data Links are a great way to link tables in AutoCAD with Excel spreadsheets. If you update the Excel file you’ll most likely get a warning in AutoCAD that the file has been updated and needs refreshing. However, the data … Continue reading →

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Civil 3D Template Development Part 6 – Survey Standards

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Drew Burgasser

Civil and Survey templates overlap in many areas.  Both templates will have styles for surfaces and alignments, maybe even profiles and profile views.  Surveyors always seem to do more than just survey, so don’t short them on styles and content!  … Continue reading →

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Civil 3D Template Development Part 3 – Drawing Settings

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Drew Burgasser

Now that we have addressed the 1000-lb gorilla that is CAD Standards, we can finally get started on creating the templates.  The very first item you should address are Drawing Settings.  Open your template and on the Settings tab of … Continue reading →

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