Exporting Object Data to a DBF

In our book “Digging Into AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 – Level 1 Training” we cover the basics of Object Data and External Database Links. We explain the differences between these two methods of linking data to AutoCAD objects, and what types of data are appropriate for each.

At some point, you might wish to do a little more with the Object Data than you can from within AutoCAD Map 3D. One very quick and easy way to do this is by EXPORTING the data to a Shapfile, and then opening the accompanying DBF file with a database program like Access, or with a spreadsheet program like Excel. From there, you can use Access or Excel tools to sort and display the object data in various ways, perform counts and math on values, etc.

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Exporting Object Data to a DBF