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Hyperlinks in AutoCAD and Navisworks

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Topic: Hyperlinks in AutoCAD and Navisworks
Posted By: greghuffer
Subject: Hyperlinks in AutoCAD and Navisworks
Date 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.


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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 29.Apr.2011 at 19:57
It sounds like you defined "hard" paths in your hyperlinks.  Yes/No?


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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

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Posted By: greghuffer
Date 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

Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 30.Apr.2011 at 12:29
I use relative paths for my hyperlinks.  Seems to work without a problem.

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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."

<<AutoCAD 2015>>

Posted By: heinsite
Date 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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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite

Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 04.May.2011 at 10:12
Oops... typo:
 
ePublish should be eTransmit.
 
my bad.
Dave.


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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite


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