Creates a table entity in the drawing through a dialog box.
Accessing the Command
command bar: table
menu bar: Draw | Table...
toolbar: Draw |
: table
Displays a dialog box:
Choose options, and then click OK.
Command Options
Option |
Description |
Click the button, then select a table style. |
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Opens the Drawing Explorer - Table Styles dialog (see the TableStyle command) |
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Cell Styles |
Choose the cell styles. The options are: Title, Header or Data. The properties of the cell styles are defined in the table style. |
Click the button,
then select a cell style for the first row. |
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Click the button,
then select a cell style for the second row. |
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Click the button,
then select a cell style for the other rows. |
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Table Options |
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Creates a new empty table. |
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The cell content is read from a data file.
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(not implemented yet) |
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Insertion Behavior |
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When the OK button is pressed you are prompted to specify an insertion point for the table. The top left corner of the table is attached to the cross hairs. |
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When the OK button
is pressed, prompts you in the command bar: |
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Columns / Rows Settings |
Specifies the number of columns and data rows and/or the column width and row height. |
Enter the number of columns. |
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Specify the column width. |
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Enter the number of data rows. |
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Specify the row height. |
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Inserts the table in the drawing (See Insertion Behavior). |
Procedures
To create a table from an Excel spreadsheet
General procedure to create fields
Related Commands
-Table - creates a table entity in the drawing through the command bar.
Tablemod - modifies the properties of a selection of table cells.
Tabledit - edits the cell content.
TableExport - exports the content of a table entity in CSV file format.
TableStyle - creates and edits table styles through the Drawing Explorer - Table Styles dialog box.
Field - inserts a field in a multiline text, table cell or attribute.
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