SMA Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I'm trying to open a drawing with about 30 Excel tables linked to the dwg, but AutoCAD keeps posting an error message saying that the link to the OLE Source file has been broken. I started the drawing from scratch, and I'm the only one who has worked on it, so I know for a FACT that the source file path and name have not changed. I can't get past the error message and get into the drawing to investigate it further. Any ideas as to why AutoCAD would think that the link is broken? Is there a way to bypass the error message so I can get into my drawing? Any help would be apprciated. I'm afraid I may to do the drawing all over and having the problem come up again down the road. With my luck, right before production. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pt_keegan Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 can you open up the drawing with autocad's stand-alone reference manager? you might be able to view the link with that, correct it (assume it needs correcting) and save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMA Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Thanks for the tip, I wasn't aware that AutoCAD had that tool. Unfortunately, it didn't pick up on the Excel tables though. It's probably because they're not referenced in, I use "Paste Special-->Paste with Link" to link the tables to my drawing. It must be a clich in the software. I'm working on about 19 other similar drawings, and none of those have had a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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