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    Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 12:32
I found this Excellink for Autocad, a software  which allowes to link an excel database to asset management drawings (It allows to bidirectionaly hot-link attribute and block data ) so I don’t have to update name, numbers and areas of rooms all the time in both softwares.

 There is just one problem: we can’t buy this programme unless we find a british provider because according to procurement we not allowed to purchase anything on the web.

Anyone knows a british provider? Thanks
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Starting with AutoCAD 2008 you can link an Excel spreadsheet to an AutoCAD drawing and the link is bidirectional.  You can edit the spreadsheet and have AutoCAD read the information into the drawing or make changes in AutoCAD and have it write those changes back to the spreadsheet.  This feature is called a Dynamic Link.  The best part is it's FREE.
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Hi John,
 
thanks for your suggestion. Is that under tools/datalinks/datalink manager? I tried to do something with it but it is too long considering that we have a massive amount of building to manage  (multiply all buildings for all rooms etc.....). Therefore I'm looking for a software that makes things easy to manage. Please if you know any british provider of a similar software that will be great, thanks again
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 15:47
Paola,

I understand your company cannot purchase the software online, but maybe there is a loophole you can exploit?!?! Like maybe YOU (or someone you know) can purchase the software, then your company can buy it from you? Or maybe your company can "hire" a company that they normally purchase from to buy it for them.

Is this the product you're looking at? http://www.cadstudio.cz/en/excellink.asp

If so, maybe you can contact the developers here to see if there is another way your company can buy it directly from them (even though they are in the Czech Republic).

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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 18:11
The Brits are really pushing the "Purchased in the UK" scenario aren't they?
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 18:27
Originally posted by John Connor John Connor wrote:

The Brits are really pushing the "Purchased in the UK" scenario aren't they?


I hadn't really thought about it, but ya know...if they want to limit their economical growth, that is one surefire way to do it.

We all want to buy "(your country here) Made!!", but if you can't do it, then you can't do it. Why force the issue? All it does is wastes more resources than it is trying to save.

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They tried the same thing in the U.S. and someone brought up the exact point.  Of course they allowed exemptions for things like uranium and certain precious metals only available outside of the U.S. in any great quantities.
 
I wonder if the Brits now discourage buying U.S. made products as well?
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Points: 427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 19:09
LOL the only thing US made anybody wants are weapons!
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 19:31
Don't forget Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco, Cars, Airplanes, and Exploited Children. Those were all hot commodities in recent years.

Actually, as of the 2009 census, Weapons (Tanks, artillery, missiles, rockets, guns and ammunition) ranked #78 out of the 137 US Export categories. It actually came in lower than (amongst other things) Nuts, "Records, Tapes, and Disks", and Bakery Products.

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Points: 7175 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08.Feb.2011 at 19:37
nuts

Edited by John Connor - 08.Feb.2011 at 19:39
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