nanoCAD Platform Help

Editing Tables on the Drawing

The on-screen table editor is opened by starting the In-place edit (ipedit) command or left-clicking the table frame while holding down the CTRL key.

To enter the content of a cell:

     

1.    Place the cursor above the cell.

2.    Left-click.

The active cell is then highlighted in green. The text entered in a cell is automatically condensed to fit the cell width.

The Table Edit toolbar is shown when a table is being edited on-screen.

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Table Row Group

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Insert above

Adds one line at the position where the selected cell is located.

Insert below

Adding one row at the bottom of the table.

Delete Rows

Deletes the row that contains the selected cell.

Table Column Group

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Insert Right

Adds one column to the table on the right.

Insert Left

Adds one column to the table on the left.

Delete Columns

Deletes the column that contains the selected cell.

Combine Group

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Merge
Cells

(Merge

by Rows)

(Merge by

Columns)

Merges adjacent cells into one:

·         Place the cursor over the cell that needs to be merged with other adjacent cells (the cell is highlighted in green).

·         Confirm the cell selection by clicking the left mouse button.

·         Move the cursor to the last cell to be merged (adjacent cells to be merged are also highlighted in green).

·         Confirm the selection of the last cell by clicking the left mouse button.

Split
Cells

Splits previously merged cells:

·         Place the cursor on a cell that was previously combined from several cells (the cell is highlighted in green).

·         Confirm the cell selection by clicking the left mouse button.

·         Left-click again to split the cell into its initial cells.

 

Format Group

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Edit borders

Modifies the properties of the table borders of one or more cells using the Cell Border Properties dialog box:

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·         First specify border properties.

·         Then press the border type buttons or click on the preview to apply selected border properties to the appropriate borders.

.dwg Table to

nanoCAD

Converts .dwg table to nanoCAD (CONVERTTABLEA command).

 

In the classic interface the Edit .dwg Table toolbar opens:

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Buttons:

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above

Adds one line at the position where the selected cell is located.

CAD drafting Editing Tables on the Drawing 9 Insert below

Adds one row at the bottom of the table.

CAD software Editing Tables on the Drawing 10 Delete Rows

Deletes the row that contains the selected cell.

CAD drawing Editing Tables on the Drawing 11 Insert Left

Adds one column to the table on the left.

CAD drafting Editing Tables on the Drawing 12 Insert Right

Adds one column to the table on the right.

CAD software Editing Tables on the Drawing 13 Delete Columns

Deletes the column that contains the selected cell.

CAD drawing Editing Tables on the Drawing 14 Merge
Cells

Merges adjacent cells into one.

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by Rows)

Merges two or more cells in a row.

CAD software Editing Tables on the Drawing 16 (Merge by

Columns)

Merges two or more cells in a column.

CAD drawing Editing Tables on the Drawing 17 Unmerge cells

Splits previously merged cells.

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borders

Modifies the properties of the table borders.

CAD software Editing Tables on the Drawing 19 Insert Block

Inserts a block.

CAD drawing Editing Tables on the Drawing 20 Insert Field

Inserts a field.

 

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