topic Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings in AutoCAD Forum

Table Style Plot Style Settings

tim_crouse — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:31:11 GMT

Is there a way to define a different plot style too different parts of a table style?

To clarify, I am using named plot styles

I also have not been able to use table cell backgrounds successfully. Each time I assign a background to a cell

I get a solid fill that obscures any text. My target goal is to define a light shading to a table cell that plots as a light gray.

Thanks in Advance

-Tim C.

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

pendean — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:53:30 GMT

@tim_crouse wrote:

...Each time I assign a background to a cell

I get a solid fill that obscures any text. My target goal is to define a light shading to a table cell that plots as a light gray.

Can you show us what you mean, and a sample DWG to show us your choices? And what it is you are plotting to as well? We've never had much issue with the on-screen or the print results.

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

tim_crouse — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:23:04 GMT

Here You Go . .

Sample tabe along with Ad-Hoc Table that has defined plot styles.

Plot Style Attached Too

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

pendean — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:35:18 GMT

Thanks for the file @tim_crouse

These are not TABLE objects at all, issues in them are all related to MTEXT widths that are too long. Can you confirm what issue and where it is that you are experiencing?

This is what PREVIEW shows using your plot style table (thanks for sharing that), arrow is pointing to the only TABLE object in that layout

TIA

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

tim_crouse — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:42:02 GMT

I provided the faux tables to illustrate how the plot style displays the text as green and the border as blue.

The table on the right plots the text, border and cell fill all the same color.

I would like the text green and the cell fill to be light gray

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

tim_crouse — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:52:19 GMT

I was able to get the background working.

The key is use a "Normal" plot style. As such the technique is to create tables with colors pre-defined.

Not as flexible as using named plot styles but progress.

Thanks for your help

-Tim C.

Re: Table Style Plot Style Settings

ChicagoLooper — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:08:04 GMT

@tim_crouse

There are many STYLES in AutoCAD. Here are a few of them:

Dimension styles
Multi leader styles
Multi line style
Text styles
Point styles
Plot style

There are also TABLE STYLEs, which you shouldn't overlook. BTW, just like the styles mentioned above, the default OOTB style might be named Standard.

And within a Table Style there's a ROW style.

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Understand HOW styles affect a Table Style and you'll be fine. Ignore them and you'll be relegated to the default styles in your Tables.

Using the default Table is like using the default Standard text style, the default Standard Mleader style, and the default Dim style. Instead of using the default Table Style, create a new one, customize the new style then name the style using a unique name. Stay away from Standard Table, far far away.

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