Table Edit

Merge header cells is checked. Header rows is 2.

Lock table: or .

If this box is checked, the CSV Report and Report Writer Report fields are disabled. The table will be preserved as it is shown without regard to changes in the CVS file or Report Writer report it was generated from.

If the box is not checked, the table will be allowed to be modified by your importing data from a CSV Report and Report Writer Report . Entering a CVS file or Report Writer report overwrites all entities made to the table with a new set of entries imported from the file or report. If you make changes to the original CVS file or Report Writer report, those changes will update on the table after you File > Save or press the Refresh button.

Note: If you import data from a Report Writer report or CSV file then make changes to the table, the table is locked automatically so that the changes you make are preserved.

Table options

To enter text to a table :

Click in a cell and type the text that you want.

• Tab moves the cursor (insertion bar) forward one cell.
• Shift + Tab moves the cursor back one cell.
• ↑ moves the cursor up.
• ↓ moves the cursor down.
• For more information, see text entry widgets .

To add cells, use Insert Row and/or Insert Column .

To remove cells, use Delete Row and/or Delete Column .

After you press OK, the width of the cells in the table dynamically resizes to accommodate the text that fits in them.

Insert Row: right-click and insert row, adds a new, empty row immediately below the row you right-clicked on.

Delete Row : removes the row that the right-click was done on.

Insert Column: right-click and insert column, adds a new column to the immediate right of the column you right-clicked on.

Delete Column: removes the column that the right-click was done on.

CSV Report: CSV stands for comma-separated value. Each of the lines in the CSV file must have the same number of commas. The table that is created when you enter a CSV file and press the Refresh button will have as many cells as there are comma-separated values in the CSV file. Each comma-separated value in the CSV file will populate a different cell in the table.

opens the data directory used by your current version of SDS2. You can browse to any location on your network in order to select a CSV file.

When you use the button to select a CSV file that has not been used in the current Job you have the option to copy the file to your Job or not. Saving a copy (pressing Yes) allows the original file to be modified or moved without affecting the table. The copy of the original file will be saved in the Tables folder in your current Job. Pressing No results in the table being generated from the file you selected instead of a copy of that file.

Copy file to job?.

applies when Lock table is not checked. It updates the table based on the file path entered to CSV Report .

If the path entered to CSV Report is simply a filename, then the .csv file is stored in the Tables folder, and pressing Refresh regenerates the table from that file.

Report Writer Report: To output data from a Report Writer table, in Report Writer for that report, the Export selection type is set to Delimited and that Export report columns specifies the starting point for each column in the table.

opens the reports/Tables folder in the data directory used by your current version of SDS2. SDS2 distributes several reports that can be used to populate tables.

When you use the button to select a Report Writer report that has never before been used in your Job, a copy of that report is placed in the Tables folder in your current Job if that report is capable of generating a table. The printed file path will reference the file name only. If you make a change to the table, then unlock the table and press Refresh, the table will be updated from the copy of the report that is in the Tables folder in your current Job.

When you use the button to select a Report Writer report that has previously been used in your Job, a yes-no dialog like that shown below will open. Pressing Yes overwrites the file that is stored in Tables folder in your current Job. The file path that is printed when you press No will be in the form drive:/folder/subfolder/file name.

Sharing Jobs: If you transfer a copy of your Job to a site outside of your local network, users who view that Job will be able to see the data in all tables that were generated from reports that are stored in your current Job.

applies when Lock table is not checked. It updates the table based on the file path entered to Report Writer Report . Another way to update the table is to close this window then choose Save ( Ctrl + s ).

applies when Auto is not checked. Press the Selection button to select items that you want data about in the table. The types of items that you can select are determined by the choice made for the report to Select in Report Writer .

Auto keys on the choice made to Select in Report Writer to include in the report those items of the Select type which are in your current document.

Example: if you are on a gather sheet with multiple submaterials placed onto it and Select in Report Writer is set to Gather sheets for the report, then the report will generate the table based on the submaterials that are on your current gather sheet.

Display options

  Forms

The position of these form buttons on the screen tells you what settings they apply to. Click here for more information. You can Copy the settings on this screen, then Paste those settings to a different screen of the same type. You can Save the settings on this screen to a global folder that is used by your current version of SDS2. Give the file a name that will help other users identify its purpose. You can Load a saved file to replace the settings on this screen with the settings that are stored in the file you select. When editing multiple screens at the same time, Paste and Load replace mixed entries to a single field with a single entry. Copy and Save ignore fields with mixed entries, treating them as if they have no entry or do not exist.

Layer: The drawing layer that the table you are adding is placed onto when you press OK to close this window. If that layer happens to be hidden (not marked Show), the table disappears after the first update.

Outside pen color:

The outside pen color sets the color and line thickness of the table's perimeter. In this example, the color is yellow (pen number 3).

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Outside pen color .

Inside pen color:

The inside pen color sets the color and line thickness of the table's inner grid. In this example, the color is white (pen number 1).

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Inside pen color.

Rotation: 0º or 90º or 180º or -90º . Rotation is counterclockwise around the Anchor location.

0º	90º	180º	-90º

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Rotation .

Anchor location: Upper left or Upper right or Lower left or Lower right . This sets the point that Rotation is about. This also sets the insertion point that will be used after this window opens for an Objects > Tables > Add operation.

Upper left	Upper right

Lower left	Lower right

Upper left is the upper, left corner of the table when the Rotation is set to 0º.

Upper right is the upper, right corner of the table when the Rotation is set to 0º.

Lower left is the lower, left corner of the table when the Rotation is set to 0º.

Lower right is the lower, right corner of the table when the Rotation is set to 0º.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Anchor location.

Show grid: or . If this box is checked, the table's lines will be shown.

Show grid	Show grid

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Show grid .

Header

Merge header cells: or .

Merge header cells	Merge header cells

If this box is checked, all cells that make up the table's first row will be merged into a single cell that will be the full width of the table.

If the box is not checked, the first row of the table will be divided into the same number of cells as all of the other rows in the table.

Header rows: The quantity of rows to which you want to apply the header font specifications. The header rows are the top rows.

Header rows = 1	Header rows = 2

Tip: If you want all text in the table to use the header font settings, set Header rows to a number that is equal to or greater than the total number of rows in the table.

Font: Any font that is listed can be selected for the header text.

For a TrueType font , such as any of those shown here, a Character width/height ratio of 0.6 renders the font at its native width.

Header text is the text that populates the top row(s) of the table when the number of Header rows is 1 or greater.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Font .

Font style: The style (Bold or Bold Italic or Italic or Regular) of the selected header-text Font .

Header text is the text that populates the top row(s) of the table when the number of Header rows is 1 or greater.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Font style .

Justification: Left or Center or Right . This applies to the text in the header cells.

Left left-justifies the text in each of the header cells.

Center centers the text in each of the header cells.

Right right-justifies the text in each of the header cells.

Fabricator Setup: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Justification .

Character height: The height (in millimeters) of letters/numbers that make up the header text. This value is independent of the Drawing scale of this drawing. Assuming that the sheet that this drawing will eventually be placed on has a scale of 1:1 and you do not re-scale the text and the printer does not adjust the scale, this will be the actual printed height of the characters.

All characters are the same width/height :

Font dependencies: This applies to whatever font is selected as the header-text Font, regardless of whether that font is a TrueType font or the SDS2 font.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Character height .

Character width/height ratio: The width/height of the characters that make up the header text.

All characters are the same height:

Font dependencies: This applies to whatever font is selected as the header-text Font, regardless of whether that font is a TrueType font or the SDS2 font. For a TrueType font, a ratio of 0.6 renders that font at its native width. A ratio larger than 0.6 stretches the font. A ratio less than 0.6 compacts the font. For the SDS2 font, 0.4 is the default choice.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Character width/height ratio .

Pen color:

For a TrueType header-text font, the Pen color affects the display color of the header text while you are in the Drawing Editor , but does not affect the plotted appearance of the Font so long as all pens in Line Weights are set to print in black. By default, all pens in Line Weights are set to print in black.

For the SDS2 Font, the pen color sets the stroke weight (thickness) of the label characters. Line Weights assigns a particular thickness to each Pen color .

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Pen color .

Body

Font: Any font that is listed can be selected for the body text.

For a TrueType font , such as any of those shown here, a body-text Character width/height ratio of 0.6 to renders the font at its native width.

Body text is the text that is in the rows of the table that are below the header row(s). For example, if the number of Header rows is 1, then the body text is the text in all rows of the table that are below the top row.

Be sure to also choose the body-text Font style that you want. The body-text Character height sets the font size. If you select the SDS2 font, be aware that the body-text Pen color affects the thickness of the font when it is plotted.

Fabricator Setup: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Font .

Font style: The style of the selected body-text Font.

Available font styles are listed alphabetically in the font style list box , and the first style that is listed for a particular font is the style that is selected by default. You may, instead of using the default, prefer to choose Regular, which is generally the most popular style for a particular font. Regular is the only choice that is available for the SDS2 font. To adjust the stroke thickness of the SDS2 font, you can change the body-text Pen color .

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Font style .

Justification: Left or Center or Right .

Left left-justifies the text in each of the body cells.

Center centers the text in each of the body cells.

Right right-justifies the text in each of the body cells.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Justification .

Character height: The height (in millimeters) of letters/numbers that make up the body text. This value is independent of the Drawing scale of this drawing. Assuming that the sheet that this drawing will eventually be placed on has a scale of 1:1 and you do not re-scale the text and the printer does not adjust the scale, this will be the actual printed height of characters.

All characters are the same width/height :

Font dependencies: This applies to whatever font is selected as the body-text Font, regardless of whether that font is a TrueType font or the SDS2 font.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Character height .

Character width/height ratio: The width/height of the characters that make up the body text.

All characters are the same height:

Font dependencies: For a TrueType font, a ratio of 0.6 renders that font at its native width. A ratio larger than 0.6 stretches the font. A ratio less than 0.6 compacts the font. For the SDS2 font, 0.4 is the default choice.

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Character width/height ratio .

Pen color:

For a TrueType body-text font, the Pen color affects the display color of the body text while you are in the Drawing Editor , but does not affect the plotted appearance of the Font so long as all pens in Line Weights are set to print in black. By default, all pens in Line Weights are set to print in black.

For the SDS2 Font, the pen color sets the stroke weight of the label characters. Line Weights assigns a particular thickness to each Pen color .

Default: Home > Project Settings > Fabricator > Detailing > Drawing Presentation > the Tables tab > Pen color .

OK (or the Enter key) closes this window and applies the settings on it to the Table Add or edit operation.

Defaults: Even if you did not make any changes on this window, pressing OK causes many of the General settings on this window to be applied as the defaults for the next table that is added in your current session of Drawing Editor.

Cancel (or the Esc key) closes this window without saving any changes.