Import OLE Objects

Import OLE Objects

Link OLE Objects in Drawings

 

AutoCAD 2008 User's Guide > Share Data Between Drawings and Applications > Link and Embed Data (OLE) > Import OLE Objects > 

Overview of Importing OLE Objects into Drawings

Concept

Quick Reference

Use one of the following methods to insert information from another application as an OLE object:

• Copy or cut information from an existing file and paste it into the drawing.
• Import an existing file created in another application.
• Open another application from within the drawing and create the information that you want to use.

When you insert the information, you specify an insertion point.

By default the OLE object is displayed with a frame that is not plotted. OLE objects are opaque and are plotted as opaque; they hide objects in back of them. OLE objects support draw order. You control the display of OLE objects in two ways:

• Set the OLEHIDE system variable to display or suppress the display of all OLE objects in paper space, model space, or both.
• Turn off or freeze a layer to suppress the display of OLE objects on that layer.

When OLE objects with text are printed, the text size approximates the text size in the source application.