To Change Databases for Existing Keynotes

AutoCAD Architecture 2023 toolset keynoting functionality includes a tool that lets you globally change database references for existing keynotes within a drawing, provided the same keys exist in both the currently referenced database and the one you want to use instead. When you run the tool, it identifies all currently referenced databases for selected keynotes in the drawing, and then prompts you to identify the database you want to switch from and the database you want to switch to. This capability is useful in situations where it is discovered that project team members have inadvertently used two different databases to keynote a drawing, or when you decide to switch from an office standard keynote database to a project standard keynote database.

  1. Click Annotate tab Keynoting panel Select Database .
  2. Select the keynotes you want to run the tool against and press Enter.

    All databases referenced by the selected keynotes are listed on the command line.

  3. Enter the full path or the Globally Unique ID (GUID) for the database currently referenced by the keynotes you want to change.
  4. Enter the full path or the Globally Unique ID (GUID) for the database you want to be referenced.

    The number of keynotes updated by the tool is displayed on the command line.