Share

Creating Data Shortcuts

Product Documentation
Intermediate
View Original

Create data shortcuts from the active drawing.

Data shortcuts are stored in the _Shortcuts folder for the active project and used to create data references to the source objects in other drawings.

Each data shortcut is stored in a separate XML file.

Note

The system will not allow you to create multiple shortcuts for a given object or to create a data shortcut to a reference object from another drawing.

Tutorial Exercise: Creating Data Shortcuts

To create data shortcuts

  1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Data ShortcutsCreate Data Shortcuts.
  2. In the Create Data Shortcuts dialog box, click any objects to be referenced in other drawings, and then click OK.

Was this information helpful?