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Table's Blank Cells Issues

RocksterB — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:21:30 GMT

Can someone inform me why when I copy and paste the cells in the provided drawing, some of the pasted cells are blank? This issue is occurring in version S.51.0.0 2022.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

pendean — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:19:07 GMT

@RocksterB While you wait... your AutoCAD 2022 is not updated at all.

You want the 2022.1.4 Update, get it from your Autodesk Account Page here https://manage.autodesk.com/cep/#products-services/updates
Restart your PC afterwards.

FYI, no issues at all using copy/paste in your table with your cells

Perhaps there is something else we need to be doing first that you did not mention yet?

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

Valentin_CAD — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:22:27 GMT

@RocksterB ,

Take a look at this:

Formatting of pasted Excel table is not as expected in AutoCAD (autodesk.com)

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

cadffm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:35:11 GMT

@pendean

copy rows 1-

@Valentin_CAD

But we copy from and to autocad, inside the same table

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

pendean — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:45:01 GMT

@cadffm wrote:
@pendean
copy rows 1-

But why copy/paste anything from row#1? OP never mentions that as the only issue. but OK, it still works fine here, but I'm not running original not-updated 2022 at all

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

cadffm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:45:09 GMT

I can reproduce it in some versions.

Sample picture from 2025.1

red: Original data and my cell copies (I miss some values)

blue: additional new values and the cell copies (works well)

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

cadffm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:50:09 GMT

@pendean wrote:

but OK, it still works fine here,

1. SORRY, I mean row 2-5

TO: why when I copy and paste the cells in the provided drawing, some of the pasted cells are blank?

It happens with the existing content (row 2-5, or better with row 3+4 only, column A+B / 3A+3B+4A and 4B)

I can not see the copy of row 2-5 in your picture.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

pendean — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:09:52 GMT

@cadffm wrote:

@pendean wrote:
but OK, it still works fine here,
1. SORRY, I mean row 2-5

Got it. I did not test in AutoCAD2025.1. Check cell locking, more often than not many are unlocked, a few are not. Same for formatting. And data type.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

cadffm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:51:05 GMT

If some others want to try the clean test to reproduce it (I guess the version doesn't matter, I tried different from 2021-2025)

ALL steps I did:

I opened the original file,

selected cell A2->C5 (by click in cell A2, and in C5 while holding shift), ctrl+c

selected cellA6, ctrl+v

My result, see attached file below.

A7-B8 empfty (no content), expected: The same content as in A3-B4

(and it doesn't matter if i unlock all cells or not)

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

pendean — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:39:37 GMT

@cadffm wrote:
If some others want to try the clean test to reproduce it...

See attached: unlocked all cells and matched formatting.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

cadffm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:25:34 GMT

Hi Pendean,

from me too, thanks for testing.

I know what I can do to get another result, but

1. I don't know why it doesn't work with such edits

2. I can't see the difference betwenn A2 and A3 for example, or B3 and B4 ..

3. No matter the formats are, the expected result is to get content

I think becaue of your answers, you also can reproduce the issue (by following my introduces), that's good.

@RocksterB

I can't explain it.

Whatever the issue is, it has to do with corrupt(unexpecting) data of your cells.

See Pendeans reply

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

RocksterB — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:05:47 GMT

I believe this is one of those rare times where there is no solution. Thank you for all your assistance.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

paullimapa — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:11:47 GMT

So out of curiosity how was this Table created? Was it copied from Excel or another program?

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

RocksterB — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:35:49 GMT

The data in the cells of this table was added manually. Excel was not involved.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

paullimapa — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:38:52 GMT

So this was a Table created from AutoCAD. Does this happen every time a new Table is created? What AutoCAD version are you using ? Enter About command and share the build #

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

RocksterB — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:07:51 GMT

This issue doesn't occur in newly created tables. The tables with the problem happens to be in multiple files. I just provided a snippet of the actual long table. The AutoCAD version is S.51.0.0 2022, which is what must be used at this time.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

paullimapa — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:10:31 GMT

It’s good that the problem doesn’t occur with newly created Tables. Do you recall if these tables were originally created using this version of AutoCAD or with a previous version?

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

RocksterB — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:26:19 GMT

The tables were created back in AutoCAD 2018.

Re: Table's Blank Cells Issues

paullimapa — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:32:10 GMT

I see a much older version. Thanks for documenting all this here.