Creating/Modifying a Table

This task shows you how to create and edit a table.

In this table, you can add text, insert columns, rows, merges cells, invert lines, invert columns, switch lines and columns, and insert views. You can also split a table, import a table, and insert a view in a table.

Choose a task:

	creating a table,
	editing and modifying a table,
	splitting a table,
	importing a table,
	inserting a view in table.

Creating a table

Create a new sheet and a new view.

1. Click the icon

to launch the command.

2. Click a point in the drawing to choose the table position.

The table cannot be associative, do not select an element in the drawing to make the table associative.

3. The following panel allows you to set the number of columns and rows you want for the table.

	The line height corresponds to the height of a string.
	The line width corresponds to 5 times a string height.

4. Click ok to validate the creation.

Editing and modifying a table

5. Click on the table to select it and drag it to another position.

6. Double-click the table to edit it:

To select a column, click just above the column when the symbol

appears.

To select a line, click on the left of the row

To leave edition, click outside the table.

When the table is in edition mode, you cannot move it anymore.

7. Right-click on the corner of the frame around the table to access the general contextual menu.

This contextual menu allows you to:

	invert columns,
	invert rows,
	turn rows into columns and columns into rows,
	fit the text in the cells by automatically defining the optimal cell size,
	extend the table by adding columns and/or rows to it.

8. Choose Invert rows in the contextual menu.
Rows are inverted, i.e., the last row becomes the first one, the first row becomes the last one, etc.

9. Choose Invert Columns in the contextual menu. Columns are inverted.

10. Select Invert Columns / Rows in the contextual menu. Rows and Columns are inverted:

11. Select a column and right-click to get the contextual menu, it allows you to:

Insert a column,

Delete a column,

Clear the content of a column,

Modify the size of a column:

	either set a new column size,
	or autofit the size, i.e. fit the text in the cells by automatically defining the optimal cell size.

Choose to autofit the column size, the following dialog box appears:

Set the column width to a new value value and click OK to validate.

The same functionalities are available for rows.

12. Select two cells and right-click them, then choose Merge in the contextual menu.

13. Then select the new cell formed by the two cells you have merged and choose Unmerge to split them in two cells again.

14. Double-click on the text of a cell. The Text Editor appears: modify the text and click OK to validate.

15. To choose vertical and horizontal text alignment, use the Anchor point tool . Align the text of a cell on the right using .

Splitting a table

Open the Split_tables.CATDrawing document. It contains a table that you will split into several tables.

1. Right-click the table and choose Split Table from the contextual menu. The Table Split dialog box appears.

It contains the following options:

	`Max. number of rows`: if you want to split the table so that each new table contains a maximum number of rows, select this option and enter the wanted number of rows in the associated field.
	`Max. height`: if you want to split the table so that each new table has a maximum height, select this option and enter the wanted height in the associated field.
	`Vertical`: check this option to create the new tables one below the other.
	`Horizontal`: check this option to position the new tables one next to the other.
	`Distance`: indicate the distance you want between each new table.
	`Duplicate first row`: check this option if you want to duplicate the first row in each new table.

2. Select Max. number of rows, and enter 5 in the corresponding field.

3. Select Vertical.

4. In the Distance field, type 5 mm.

5. Select Duplicate first line.

6. Click OK. The table is split into several tables, according to the criteria you specified.

Importing a table

You can import a table (only .csv).

1. Click the Import Table icon

and select the table you want to import.

Inserting a view a in table

Open the GenDrafting_part.CATDrawing file. Create a table in the front views.

1. Double-click on the table to edit it and right-click in the cell you want to fill. Select Insert Object.

2. Choose the view you want to insert by clicking the view in the drawing or in the tree. Choose the Top view:

The top view is inserted in the table, and it is resized so as to fit the cell. You can resize the cell if you want to enlarge the view in the table.

	You cannot select the view containing the table,
	The view must be in the same drawing.
	If you modify the 3D part and update the drawing, the view in the table will be updated as well.