After my last post on Civil 3D Property Set attribute lists, I received a question about connecting these attributes to an external source (like an Excel file). In addition, the user would want the Excel file to automatically update these attributes as they changed in the spreadsheet. One way to solve this is through the use of Fields.
Check out the video below to see how to set up this connection.
-Alan
This is great, but what happens when you take this info into NavisWorks, does it maintane the data sets or is this info lost once brought into Navisworks?
Posted by: Anthony Bayadi | 05/01/2017 at 01:07 PM
Can the process also be done in reverse, i.e. can data entered into the extended data tab, be exported out to an Excel spreadsheet.
Posted by: Des | 05/02/2017 at 12:59 AM
Great tip! I'm guessing one selection does not force the other values to auto populate? We would have to manually pick each value?
I suppose i am asking if we can do a "record" merge with property sets, is that possible?
Posted by: Kevin Spear | 05/02/2017 at 05:24 AM
The attribute data should go to Navisworks fine. However, the link to the external file will not make it I'm sure.
-Alan
Posted by: Alan Gilbert | 05/04/2017 at 02:58 PM
Hi Des, check out my blog post tomorrow as I'll be showing a method for this.
-Alan
Posted by: Alan Gilbert | 05/04/2017 at 03:00 PM
Hi Kevin,
Not that I'm aware of. However, I'm a novice at ACAD Architecture (where property set data originated), so I wouldn't be the best authority on this.
-Alan
Posted by: Alan Gilbert | 05/04/2017 at 03:03 PM