topic Re: Hyperlink cells in a table in AutoCAD Forum

Hyperlink cells in a table

OrionHE — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 00:59:10 GMT

I have a Sheet Index as my first sheet (sort of like a Table of Contents). Currently, my Sheet Index exists as a table. I would like to link cells in the table to a specific sheet in my drawing. For example, I would like to link the two items circled in red to a sheet named "RC-1.0" and the items circled in blue to a sheet named "RC-1.1".

Autocad is treating all four cells (and every other cell in the table) as a single object (they are), but I would prefer to link to cells rather than tables. Any ideas? I'd rather not explode the table because then I wouldn't have a table anymore.

Thank you for your thoughts/time.

Re: Hyperlink cells in a table

leothebuilder — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:57:00 GMT

You can link a cell in a field....but that would only work within the current drawing file.

Re: Hyperlink cells in a table

OrionHE — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:37:26 GMT

Thank you for your response. I'm interested in how to go about executing your suggestion. As I stated, ACAD is treating each cell as one object. How do I make it let me link to only the single cell, as in your suggestion?

Being limited to the current drawing is not a problem for me, since it's exactly what I want to do. 🙂

Re: Hyperlink cells in a table

leothebuilder — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:50:52 GMT

If you want the cell content to be displayed in say a text object:

Start Mtext

In the Mtext editor, right click and select "insert field"

In the Field dialog in the left column select "Formula" and click on the "Cell" button.

Select the cell in the autocad table you want to reference.

Back in the Filed dialog click on the OK button.

The content of the selected cell is not displayed as a field in the mtext object.

Change the content of the cell, and the field will update.

As mentioned, because autocad will reference the cell content this will only work in the current drawing.

Re: Hyperlink cells in a table

OrionHE — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:15:00 GMT

You seem to have misunderstood what I wanted to do, but somehow helped me solve the issue just the same. Thank you!

In order to accomplish my goal I've modified your proposed solution to help anyone else that may struggle in the way that I did. Since linking to pages was the goal and not "cell content", the solution should read as:

Double-click the Cell you wish to create a Hyperlink in
right click and select "insert field"
In the Field dialog in the left column select "Hyperlink" and click the "Hyperlink..." button
Select "View of This Drawing" and then the named sheet you want to link to
click on the OK button.
Verify that the "Text to display:" is correct and click OK
The cell text now links to the sheet you pointed it to. This will also work to make PDFs with links to different pages within the document.

Thanks again, Leo, for getting me on the right track with that "Insert Field" option. 🙂

Re: Hyperlink cells in a table

leothebuilder — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:21:04 GMT

No worries mate....glad you've got it sorted.