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Is there any way to do this?

My firm uses schedules that are made up of a grid symbol and then a symbol for each entry that contains an attribute for each of the columns.

If i could tie each of those to a line of a csv document i could save a lot of time by making the schedule in excel but using datacad to lay it out graphically.

yes you can.
Look on page 350 of the manual where it discusses linking the symbol attribute to a database (.csv file).
Usuallly you pick the 1st item, and the rest get completed.

Can you explain how to do this. The manual doesn't talk about it at all except for showing a picture.

Is there a certain way to set up the .csv file?

What I have done is to open an standard excel file, Top row being headers/Titles of the columns to link to in DCAD.
Rows have the info you need.
Do a save as .csv so Dcad can read it.

In Dcad then, for the Symbol Attribute, you link to the file, and select the file and header/column.
In the sample below, the School Name is linked to the File , and the lookup field has the name

Each line of the symbol below is linked to the same file, and when I pick the School Name, the other fields get populated.


Hope this helps.

I have a couple questions.

How do you make it so you only have to pick once for each symbol? I have been messing around a little but i have to pick for every attribute in the symbol.

Secondly, how do i change the path of the file that I am referencing. I want to make the symbol once, then populate it with different information in each drawing.