Creating a report

When you create a report, entity information is extracted from one or more drawings and can be included in the drawing as a new table or in an external .xls or .csv file.

To create a report

   1   Do one of the following to choose Extract Data ():

    On the ribbon, choose Insert > Extract Data (in Data) or Annotate > Extract Data (in Tables).

    On the menu, choose Insert > Extract Data.

    Type dataextraction and then press Enter.

   2   Choose one of the following:

    Create New Report Template Creates a report based on a new report template that you save as an .idxe file. To optionally create the new report template based on an existing one, mark Start with Existing Report Template, then click [...] to select the report template (.idxe) file.

    Edit Existing Report Template Creates a report based on an existing report template that you can modify. Click [...] to select the report template (.idxe) file.

    Reuse Existing Report Template Creates a report for the current drawing based on an existing report template without modifications. Click [...] to select the report template (.idxe) file.

    3    Click Next and make your selections. Click [?] for more details about each option.