Hullo,
I created Parcel objects and made a parcels table in model space at a scale of 1:5000, then for plotting/printing, I created two view ports; one for the parcels at 1: 5000, and another at a different scale to show the tables alongside the parcels. Unfortunately the tables do not seem to obey any scale, when I jump out of their viewport, they get so messy, I would like to know wat Im missing here, Shot attached
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@L3GO-Ed wrote:
Unfortunately the tables do not seem to obey any scale, when I jump out of their viewport, they get so messy, I would like to know wat Im missing here, Shot attached
If the table wass created at a 1:5000 scale then display that table in a Viewport which is also at a 1:5000 scale. It should display properly as long as the MS scale and the VP scale match. REGENALL after setting the Viewport scale if display is still messy.
Thanx Jay,
My hope was to have the already largely sized model space tables and their text display at a smaller scale in a view port; which I thought was one of those coool things about view ports. So this means I should get back to model space and reduce the table sizes for them to display appropriately.
I haven't tried this lately but a couple of years ago, this is what I did.
Decide what scale you want your viewport to be.
Change the model space scale to the same as the viewport.
Get your table set as you want it.
Make viewport.
Now when you change your model space scale back to what it was, your table in model space may look out of "whack", however when you view it in your layout it should be OK.
This worked for me before.
Bill
I dont know, tried those but nothing seems to work. At times, they appear nice in a fresh viewport but on saving or regen, the tables just go whack. Didn't Autodesk expect users to print tables?
AutoCAD 2018 C3D - March 19, 2018
PROBLEM: I had the same problem and solved it for my use. Basically, I'm using a separate viewport for my structure table and the table was too big for my available drawing space. Since you don't want to change the drawing scale and you can't alter (reduce) a structure table in a viewport using the viewport scaling, then.........
ANSWER: .........you must create a smaller table style. Go into your Toolspace-Settings-Structure-Table styles and copy the current table style being used, right-clip-Edit and go to data properties and reduce your Title, Header & Data style sizes. Then pull your column lines in a little down below and save. Go back into your viewport and go to your table properties and change the style to your new smaller style. Now you don't have to keep changing the viewport scale. You may want to create several table styles (Regular/Small) for each of your drawing scales being used (10-20-30-40-50) and adjust those Title sizes accordingly. Hope this helps everyone running into this same problem! Jeff W