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Linking to Database Records
[V7]
By
Lorys Lea of Yarra Valley Water, Australia
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Question: How do I link any
element to database records?
Answer:
First, you put them all into a selection set and then
Export Coordinates from the Annotation tools. This
will create an ASCII text file with coordinates for
each point. Then you import that into an access database.
You now you have unique IDs
or primary keys and X-Y coordinates for each point.
You then need to link this to a MicroStation database
linkage and actual graphic elements too.
About the author
Lorys Lea has Mechanical drafting stream background
and been using MicroStation since the mid 90's. He
has experience in GIS mapping, survey and civil drafting.
Lorys is currently at Yarra Valley Water. He can be
contacted at lorys@alphalink.com.au.
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