CAD tip # 9425:

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Link/copy two or more texts in an AutoCAD drawing.

With the freeware utility CADstudio LinkText you can link two or multiple texts in a DWG drawing. Any change of the contents of the source text will be reflected to the target text. Use it for legends, standard legal disclaimers or other boiler-plate repeating texts.

You can also link multiple objects of the type Text (single-line text) or MText (paragraph text), including the option of adding delimiters/suffixes. The resulting text can be either written into a selected predefined text object (a template text), or it is created as a new MText in a window specified by two corners. You can also copy the text contents to another layout (which is quite difficult to achieve with plain FIELDs).

A sample video:

You can download the LinkText tool from Download and load it with APPLOAD.

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30.8.2013 25389×

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this tip shared by ARKANCE experts applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD Architecture · Civil 3D · AutoCAD Mechanical ·

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