Table Creation Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to add tables to a drawing.

Table Style

Specifies the table style to use.

Style Selection Menu

Creates a new table style, edits a table style, or selects a table style from the drawing.

Style Detail

Displays the Style Detail dialog box.

Table Layer

Specifies the layer on which the table is drawn. Click to select a layer.

Selection

Controls what data is inserted into the table.

Note: Because objects must be labeled to create a table that contains their data, most tables require you to specify the table data by selecting a label style or a label in the drawing. Exceptions are point tables and alignment segment tables, which allow you to specify point groups and alignments.

Label Style Name

Adds data to the table from all objects labeled with the selected label style. Select the check box next to the style name to select a label style.

Selection Rule

Controls whether existing or new data is added to the table. After selecting the Apply check box, click the Selection Rule field and select one of the following options.

• Add Existing: Creates a table from existing objects labeled with the style. Data from new objects labeled with the style is not added to the table.
• Add Existing and New: Creates a table from existing and new objects that are labeled with the style.

By Alignment (alignment segment tables only)

Adds data from the selected alignment to the table.

Select Point Groups (point tables only)

Adds data from the selected point group to the table.

Pick On-Screen

Adds data to the table from the objects or labels that you select in the drawing.

Note: This area of the Table Creation dialog box is not displayed for the Tangent-Tangent Intersection (PI) table.

Split Table

Split Table Option

• Selected: Divides a table into two or more sections after a specified maximum number of rows has been met.
• Cleared: Does not divide the table.

Maximum Rows Per Table

Specifies the maximum number of rows to include per section.

If the number of data rows exceeds the specified maximum, the table is split into sections, and they are displayed either side by side (left to right), or stacked vertically.

Maximum Tables Per Stack

Specifies the maximum number of sections to include in each stack. See also the following Tile Tables option.

Offset

Specifies the gap between split tables.

Tile Tables

Specifies the direction in which tables are stacked.

• Across: Places split tables in a row from left to right. When the maximum tables per stack is reached, a new row is started.
• Down: Places split tables in a column from top to bottom. When the maximum tables per stack is reached, a new column is started.

Behavior

Reactivity Mode

Specifies whether tables are updated automatically.

• Static: Keeps table data fixed. If you want to see changes, click Update Content from the context menu.
• Dynamic: Updates table data dynamically when you make changes.