Find and Edit Objects in Attached Drawings

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Find and Edit Objects in Attached Drawings

You can edit objects in related drawing by attaching those drawings to the current map and querying in the objects you want.


Open or create a map file		Open or create a new drawing using a map template

Assign a coordinate system		All objects you add will use this coordinate system

Attach drawings		Attach the drawings that contain the objects to edit

View the objects in the attached drawings		Quick View displays the objects in the source drawings, but does not copy them to the current map

Add drawing objects to the map		Use a query to add objects from attached drawings to Display Manager layers

Style the drawing objects		Use AutoCAD styling features to change the appearance of the drawing objects

Edit the drawing objects		Use AutoCAD and AutoCAD Map 3D commands

Edit data associated with the drawing objects		Update any external attribute data associated with the edited objects

Save the objects back to their source drawings		Update the original drawings with your changes

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