Sets the format of assembly configuration tables, spot-weld tables, inspection dimension tables, and other industry-specific tables.
You can define table formatting by using the Styles Editor to create a Table style. The Table style is a substyle of the active standard, uses Text as a substyle, and can be exported individually or as part of an exported standard style. Except for the default Table style, you can apply table styles to other tables to reformat them.
Access
Ribbon:
Manage tab
Styles and Standards panel
Styles Editor
. In the Style and Standard Editor dialog box, click Table. Click one of the listed styles to view or edit.
For the current document, you can click:
- New to create new styles. Select the Add to Standard check box to add to the available styles list in the active standard style.
- Save to save changes to an existing style in the current document.
- Reset to return style values to the saved values.
- Filter to show Local Styles or All Styles in the browser.
On the Manage tab, Styles and Standards panel, you can also use these commands:
- Click Update to refresh the style list in the browser pane to include new or changed styles in the library.
- Click Save to save changed styles to the style library, which replaces the style library version with the new values.
- Click Purge to delete unused styles from the document.
General formatting
Sets preferences for tables formatted by the table style.
- Title
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Select the check box to specify a title row. If appropriate, enter text to display in the title row of the table.
If you do not specify a title in the table style, tables that reference .csv or .xls files use the file name as the title.
- Line Format
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Click Outside or Inside to specify the lines to format Line Weight and Color.
Line Weight sets By Layer as the default or click the arrow to select a different line weight. Values originate with preset values for line weight on the Standard style.
Color opens the Color dialog box which controls the color of inner and outer lines of the table. By Layer is the default.
- Text Styles
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Specifies the text formats for the Title, Column Header, and Data.
Click to edit the text style and specify paragraph settings, color, justification, character formatting, and an optional comment. - Row Gap
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Specifies the space between the text and row separator line, above and below the text in the data area.
- Heading Gap
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Specifies the space above the heading.
- Heading
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Selects the heading position in the table, the space between the text and row separator line, above and below the text in the heading area. Click the arrow to select Top, Bottom, or No Heading.
- Line Spacing
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Specifies the number of text rows reserved in each table cell in the data area. Click the arrow to select.
- Direction
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Sets the display direction for rows in the table. Click the appropriate direction to display the text from the bottom up or the top down.
Default Units Formatting tab
Formats table data, except for columns specified individually on the Default Column Settings tab.
- Column Width
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Specifies the default column width for columns. Columns may be resized in individual tables.
- Leading/Trailing Zeroes
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Sets the formatting for leading and trailing zeroes.
- Justification
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For the Heading row and Data rows, specifies left, center, or right justification.
- Use Default Formatting
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Uses the default settings specified in the standard.
- Apply Units Formatting
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Enables a custom formatting and units setting for table columns.
Unit Type selects the type of measurement units.
Format selects a fractional or decimal format. Fractional formats are available only if Length is selected as Unit Type and inches or feet are selected as Units.
Precision selects the precision of values displayed in the selected column.
Fractional Text Scale sets the text scale for numbers in stacked fractions. Available only if a fractional format is selected.
Units selects the measurement units. If inches or feet are selected, fractional format is available in the Format option.
Decimal Marker selects the marker for the decimal format. Click the arrow to specify either a period or comma as the decimal character.
Unit String displays the name of the units next to the value.
Unit type
Format
Precision
Units
Decimal marker
Display unit type
Length
Decimal, fractional
0-8
mm, cm, m, in, ft, micron, mi, yard
period or comma
yes.
Angularity
Decimal Degrees, Deg-Min-Sec
0-8
not available
period or comma
no
Volume
Decimal
0-8
Liter, Gallon
period or comma
yes
Mass
Decimal
0-8
gram, lbmass, slug, kg, ouncemass
period or comma
yes
- Comments
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Enter information about the definition of a particular style, such as date created, created by, or derived from a particular standard.
Default Column Settings tab
Creates column templates by specifying alternate and more detailed formatting for individual columns, independent of other columns. Columns added from this tab and formats applied to existing columns have precedence over settings from the Default Units Formatting tab.
If the table has more columns than were individually formatted, the remaining columns use settings on the Default Units tab.
If no columns are formatted individually, all columns are formatted by settings on the Default Units Formatting tab.
- Add Column
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Adds a column to the table, starting with Column 1. The initial width and other column formatting is initially set from the Default Units Formatting tab, but may be changed.
Additional columns are added to the end of the list and are named incrementally, such as Column 1, Column 2, and so on.
Once a column is added, you can change column name, source, and column width:
- Name from Source check box is selected by default and names the column from the source data. Clear the check box to enter a column name.
- Column can be edited when the Name from Source check box is cleared. Enter a column name.
- Width is set by default to 1.000. Enter a new width for each column if desired.
- Remove Column
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Removes selected column from the table.
To format columns, click in a column name cell to open the Format Column dialog box. For more information, see the Column Format reference.