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Select Edit > Insert > Object.
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On the Insert Object dialog, select the Create New option. You can insert an object that already exists also. See Link or Embed a Previously Existing Object.
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In Object Type, choose the software in which you want to create the object and then select OK. The contents of the list depend on the applications that are installed on your computer and that support linking and embedding. See Insert Object: File Types
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After you create the object in its separate window, select File > Exit or File > Update in the source application. If a message appears asking if you want to update the document, select the Yes button.
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Click the pointer, which now includes a box the size of the object at its end, at the location in the drawing where you want to insert the object.
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If the software temporarily replaces some of the menus and toolbars, click anywhere outside the embedded object.
Do not use these procedures to create a symbol file. If you attempt to create a symbol
source file, serious problems result in the drawing. Use Catalog Manager to create,
change, or update symbols.
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Linked or embedded files are not transferred by Workshare. You must transfer those files manually, and they should be located in the same directory as the drawing files.
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After you embed a border file into a drawing template and a drawing is created in Drawing Manager using that template, any changes to the border file are not reflected in drawings created prior to the change. See Create a Drawing Template.
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You can move the embedded object again at any later time. See Move an Item with the Select Tool or Move an Item Using the Move Button.
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You can place an object on the Clipboard and then embed it by using Edit > Paste Special. See Paste an Item with a Different Format.
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With this procedure, you embed an entire document; you cannot embed a selection in a document.
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If you insert a document into the drawing, the terminators, spaces, text, and styles appear in paper units relative to the source document. This behavior can cause the dimensions and text to appear very large or small in the drawing.
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The software creates automatic links by default. An automatic update occurs when the drawing is opened: if a change is made to the source document and the drawing is already open, the change does not appear in the drawing until it is closed and re-opened. The software updates manual links only at the time that you indicate. To change the way the software updates links, select Edit > Links and specify automatic or manual update mode for each link.
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In the Description box in the Properties window, you can type an URL with http syntax to link documents to an Internet item. Select the ellipsis
to open the Description dialog.