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   Has anyone been able to add hyperlinks to 3D objects in AutoCAD & Navisworks and then share that Model with someone else?  I am currently having trouble with someone else remotely opening my links (in a published Navisworks Model)  The links are still looking for the original drive "path".  What am I doing wrong?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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greghuffer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2010, Navisworks2011 Status: Offline Points: 2	Topic: Hyperlinks in AutoCAD and Navisworks Posted: 29.Apr.2011 at 19:42
	Has anyone been able to add hyperlinks to 3D objects in AutoCAD & Navisworks and then share that Model with someone else? I am currently having trouble with someone else remotely opening my links (in a published Navisworks Model) The links are still looking for the original drive "path". What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 29.Apr.2011 at 19:57
	It sounds like you defined "hard" paths in your hyperlinks. Yes/No?
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greghuffer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2010, Navisworks2011 Status: Offline Points: 2	Posted: 29.Apr.2011 at 21:16
	John, Below is a typical path we would use to link a PDF submittal to an object in AutoCAD. To anwer your question, yes we are hard pathing it. The problem occurs when the other user tries to open it on their computer using the Published Navisworks model and their drive is different. We have tried putting the link in AutoCAD first and bringing it into Navisworks and placing the link directly in Navisworks. Neither method will work for us. Any suggesions or work arounds? Thanks. G:\PROJECTS\30938 Thompson Hospital\Documents\Submittals\Approved

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 30.Apr.2011 at 12:29
	I use relative paths for my hyperlinks. Seems to work without a problem.
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heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 04.May.2011 at 10:10
	I've never tried this with an external PDF, but if you ePublish the file, will it include the external PDF? You might experiment with that to see if everything works when unzipped. Dave.
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heinsite Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 640	Posted: 04.May.2011 at 10:12
	Oops... typo: ePublish should be eTransmit. my bad. Dave.
	Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite

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