Multileader with Block content make for an excellent way of keynoting AutoCAD drawings, however, it is often necessary to manually create a Keynote table to describe the annotations on plan. In this article we will use a combination of AutoCAD tools to automate creating and updating a Keynote Legend Table.
Prerequisites:
- Create a Multileader Style with Block Content
- Create a Table Style for the Keynote Legend
- Create a “master list” of Keynote Key and Description Excel Spreadsheet
Steps to Create:
- On the Annotate Tab / Tables Panel, select Extract Data
- Extract the Block Attribute Tag of the Multileader object
- on Page 5 of 8 of the Data Extraction wizard, be sure to Link to External Data
- Create a Data Link and define the joining column! (it is critical to create a Data Link of the entire master keynote spreadsheet)
- Continue the Data Extraction wizard to Insert Table in drawing
- Highlight a Table Cell / Right click to Update Data Extraction (Do not Delete or Move the Data Extraction .dxe file or the master keynote spreadsheet)
Please see Screencast for workflow demonstration
Source: Autodesk
