To Link a View to Another Document

  1. Save the drawing that you want to link, so that it has a drawing name.
  2. If multiple viewports are displayed, select a viewport.
  3. Enter copylink at the Command prompt.
  4. Open a new or existing document in the destination application.
  5. Paste the Clipboard contents into the document, following that application's procedures for inserting linked data.

    The inserted OLE object is displayed in the document, and can also be opened for editing from the document.