tazzzz Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Hello all, I inserted a table from excel to autocad with copy-edit/paste special/paste link/microsoft excel worksheet(code) and everything seems to work nice until I closed the excel. After that no automatic updates to cad files. Do you know why, and how can I fix that? Thank you. PS: I checked the properties of the excel table and it is linked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I would use DATALINK instead. More robust in both options and functionality, and can be bi-directional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzzz Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 I have everything setup this way . Is there a solution to this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Are your links set to update automatically MENU-EDIT-OLE LINKS the dialogue should show the linked excel file location, but can be set to update manualy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilidawg Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I have everything setup this way .Is there a solution to this problem? Yeah, don't close excel If the cad file is closed, and the excell file is modified, saved, and closed, the cad file should be updated next time it is opened. If excel is not open, then the excel file won't be changed, so why would it update? Is someone else is updating the file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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