Inside AutoCAD® 2002

Summary

In this chapter you reviewed how to insert OLE objects from within AutoCAD, paste OLE objects into AutoCAD from the Clipboard, and how to use drag and drop to insert OLE objects into AutoCAD drawings. You learned how to control various OLE object properties, including how to resize an OLE object and control its visibility. You also reviewed how to edit OLE objects, and how the Layer Properties Manager can affect certain OLE object properties. Finally, you learned how to export objects from AutoCAD into other applications, creating AutoCAD OLE objects.

By using the techniques discussed in this chapter, you can create compound documents by inserting OLE objects into AutoCAD. You can also create compound documents in other applications, ...