To Link a Schedule to an External Drawing

This task shows how to add a schedule to its own drawing, and then link it to an external drawing that contains the parts you want to schedule. If you want to have separate sheets for plan drawings and schedule drawings, it is recommended that you add a schedule to its own drawing. This alleviates the need to place the same drawing on 2 separate sheets, and then manipulating the model space view so that only the desired portion of the drawing is visible on the sheet. This will also reduce the file sizes of your sheets.

If you are using Project Navigator to manage project drawings, you can create a new general view drawing, and add the schedule to it. You link the schedule to the construct drawing that contains the parts you want to schedule. After you update the schedule, you can place its view drawing on a sheet.

1. On the Tag and Schedule tool palette, click the schedule tool for the parts you want to schedule.
   Note: Alternatively, you can click Annotate tabScheduling panel Schedules drop-down, and select a schedule.
2. Press Enter to schedule an external drawing.
3. Specify the location in the drawing for the upper-left corner of the schedule table, and press ENTER.
4. Select the schedule.
5. In the Properties palette, select the Design tab.
6. If necessary, expand Advanced External Source.
7. For Schedule External Drawing, select Yes.
8. For External Drawing, select Browse.
9. In the Select a drawing file dialog, specify the drawing that contains the parts you want to schedule.
10. With the schedule table still selected, click Schedule Table tab Modify panel Update .

    The schedule table displays the data from the parts in the external drawing.