Adding hyperlinks to a drawing

In your IntelliCAD drawings, you can include hyperlinks, which are pointers that take you to another location, such as a Web address or a file on a particular computer. You can attach a hyperlink to any entity in your drawing. Then, when you select that entity, you can open the link and jump to the specific Web address or file location. You can create absolute hyperlinks, which store the full path to a file, or relative hyperlinks, which store a partial path relative to a base folder or a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

To create a hyperlink

1. Type hyperlink and then press Enter.
2. Select an entity or entities that you would like to associate with a hyperlink; then press Enter to display the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.
3. Do one of the following:
• Click Browse to specify a file.
• In the Link to File or URL box, type a Web address.
4. If you wish to use a common path for all hyperlinks in the drawing, select the Use relative path for hyperlinks check box. Relative paths provide flexibility if you move files to a different folder, since you can change multiple hyperlink paths at once, rather than change them all individually.
5. Click OK to close the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

NOTE The HYPERLINKBASE system variable specifies the path used for all relative hyperlinks in the drawing. If no value is specified, the drawing path is used for all relative hyperlinks.

To remove a hyperlink

1. Type hyperlink and then press Enter.
2. Select an entity or entities with a hyperlink; then press Enter to display the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.
3. Click Remove Link.
4. Click OK to close the Edit Hyperlink dialog box.

To access a hyperlink

1. Select an entity with a hyperlink.
2. Right-click anywhere in the drawing area.
3. In the pop-up menu, choose Open Link.

How do I...

Access a company Web site during a drawing session

Insert drawings from a Web site

Publish drawings to the Internet