You can export metadata from your drawing to an XML file with the extension .mtd. A linking file is also created and placed in the same location as the MTD file. You can set an Auto Update option in the Metadata Options dialog box. With this option on, the linking file remembers the location of the data and keeps the exported metadata current.
To export metadata
For example, navigate to the folder where you copied your tutorial files.
Use object classes to organize the exported metadata.
You generated metadata that included object class information. You exported the metadata for the object classes.
To continue this tutorial, go to Lesson 7: Use Object Classes When Exporting.