Step-by-step guide
Create and modify tables
Add supplemental information to your designs in the form of Excel-like tables.
Learning objectives:
• Create and manage tables.
The completed exercise
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 1
1. Open the Post-frame_Project.dwg file
provided in the data set.
Figure 1. Initial drawing.
2. In the Annotate tab, Tables panel, click
the Table tool.
Use the following Insert behavior
options:
Specify insertion point
Columns: 5
Column width: ¾ʺ
Data rows: 4
Figure 2. Table insert options.
Click OK.
3. Place the table in upper-right corner and
type POST SCHEDULE in the title cell.
Figure 3. Start the table.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 2
4. Type the follow column headings, left to
right. Press tab to advance from cell to
cell.
POST
REQʹD
DESC
LENGTH
TREATED
Figure 4. Add column headings.
5. Type the following values for the first
data row:
POST: A
REQʹD: 5
DESC: 6x6
LENGTH: 16ʹ-0ʺ
TREATED: YES
Figure 5. Dimension shown with new annotation
scale.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 3
6. Fill the remaining data rows for the POST
and REQʹD columns:
POST: B, REQʹD: 4
POST: C, REQʹD: 2
POST: D, REQʹD: 1
Figure 6. Fill additional rows.
7. Press and hold the shift key and click the
top data cells under DESC, LENGTH, and
TREATED to select the three cells.
Figure 7. Select multiple cells.
8. Click the cyan color diamond grip and
drag it down to fill the data cells below.
Figure 8. Use grips to drag and fill remaining rows.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 4
9. Switch to the Parts List layout tab.
In the Annotate tab, Tables panel, click
the Table tool.
In the Annotate tab, Tables panel, click
the Table Styles drop-down menu and set
the Parts List style current.
Figure 9. Select table style.
10. Open the Parts_List.xls file provided in
the data set.
Select all the cells containing data and
copy it to the clipboard.
Figure 10. Copy Excel data to the clipboard.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 5
11. Switch back to AutoCAD. Right-click
anywhere in paper space and choose
Clipboard > Paste Special.
Figure 11. Choose Paste Special.
12. Select AutoCAD Entities and click OK to
paste the clipboard contents as an
AutoCAD table.
Figure 12. Paste as AutoCAD Entities.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 6
13. Place the table and select it to use grips
to adjust the table as needed.
Figure 13. Grip-edit the table to adjust columns
and rows.
14. Select the table by clicking on any border,
right-clicking and choosing Export.
Choose a desired destination and
filename to export table data to a CSV
file.
Figure 14. Export table data to a CSV file.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 7
15. Double-click outside of the viewport to
return to paper space.
Select the viewport. Click the triangular
scale grip in the middle of the viewport
and choose 3/8ʺ=1ʹ-0ʺ.
Type REGENALL to refresh the viewport to
show all the annotation resized to reflect
the new viewport scale.
Figure 15. Automatically updated annotative
scales.
16. Double-click inside the viewport.
Select the dimensions.
Right-click and choose Annotative Object
Scale > Add/Delete Scales. Remove the
½ʺ=1ʹ-0ʺ scale that is no longer needed.
Figure 16. Retaining only necessary annotative
scales.
Step-by-step guide: Create and modify tables Page 8
