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- posted 06/13/07 by Ove Cervin Using Data Shortcuts
- Hi all,
After what I've heard more and more people are getting interested in how to share data. Most of the same people are not really in line with the thought of getting in to the Vault stuff yet (I'll get you there... ;-) )
Here's the short and simple way to handle your shared data through Data shortcuts.
If you have a project drawing like this one, with a road, some surfaces and a pipe network, you might want to reference some of it in to another drawing.
First - go to the menu "General" at the top.
Select "Data Shortcuts" and "Edit Data Shortcuts..." in the menu.
This will bring up the "Data Shortcuts Vista". At the top you'll find some buttons where you can import, export, create, validate etc all shortcuts in the actual drawing.
Below I have created a few Data Shortcuts to my Surfaces, an Alignment and a Pipe Network using the button "Create data shortcut by selection". Pick the object on screen.
This will get you a list/set of Data Shortcuts.
Then use the button "Export data shortcuts to file", or rightclick on data shortcut and select "Export to file..."
When saving the XML-file with information on the data shortcuts, make sure you give it a good name. A suggestion is using something containing a project number, a site name or something to understand.
Then open your new drawing where you want your data.
Open the Data Shortcuts Vista through the General menu.
Use the button "Import data shortcuts from file".
When you have the shortcuts in the Vista window - rightclick on the object you want to reference. Select "Create reference...". (or use the button "Create reference")
Now we have the referenced data in the drawing. Of course you can have what ever style you want on the data - it IS Civil 3D after all... ;-)
Best regards / Ove C
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