Special Edition Using AutoCAD® 2000

Creating Labels As You Link Drawing Objects

With drawing objects linked to records in a table, you can also generate labels for those linked objects. Labels display database information associated with the linked objects. Before you can create the labels, you must produce a label template. A label template defines which fields will be used to make the label. The next example demonstrates the process of creating a link template.

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To place labels into the drawing, you must create both a link and a label template. Remember, you can use only fields that are part of the link template for them to be used to define the label.

Example: Generating a Label Template Right-click on the Employee table in the dbConnect Manager window, and select ...