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Topic: delete "not found" data links
Posted By: rstone124
Subject: delete "not found" data links
Date Posted: 28.Apr.2017 at 18:17
I have read several link and tried DATALINK, XREF, and DICT, to no avail.... Help

history: I recieved a set of drawing for a huge site. I open up several drawing and have "not found" data links, excels were not send with set. I don't need the excel or data links and would like to delete the data links as part of my drawing cleanup.


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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 28.Apr.2017 at 19:25
But you didn't try AutoCAD Help, right?

Look up the topic: "To remove a link to an external spreadsheet".


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Posted By: rstone124
Date Posted: 28.Apr.2017 at 19:47
i don't have the excels to do that..

Posted By: rstone124
Date Posted: 28.Apr.2017 at 19:57
I figured it out .... I had to go to the parent xrefs and THEN use DATALINK to delete the data links

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 28.Apr.2017 at 20:22
So you really didn't need the actual Excel file which is what I surmised from the beginning.  The "link" is only a path to the file it isn't the spreadsheet file itself.  

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