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Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:55:42 GMT

Ok so i know I use the heading gap and row gap in the STYLE to adjust the gaps for the headers and rows, but how do I customize the gap for the title?

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

johnsonshiue — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:42:49 GMT

Hi Christopher,

I recall you may have to drag it and snap it. Could you share an example here or send it to me directly (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com? I can take a look to see how to get it right.

Many thanks!

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:39:22 GMT

@johnsonshiue so if I understand you correctly (and I apologize if I misunderstood), you're talking about adjusting it once you place the table. What I'm trying to do is define the gap based on the style. I'm not seeing a setting for that. Currently we are not using Inventor Parts BOM. We are typing everything manually into predefined tables. I have spaced the gap for the headers and data rows at double because of some complaints on text crowding. I would like to increase the title row just a hair to get the lines a little further from the text, but I want this to be a default setting.

see attached image.

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

mcgyvr — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:15:05 GMT

@blessing86 wrote:

Ok so i know I use the heading gap and row gap in the STYLE to adjust the gaps for the headers and rows, but how do I customize the gap for the title?

You don't.. It's not exposed to the styles/user customizable.

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:40:17 GMT

@mcgyvr if that's true... that's lame... thanks for the input.

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

mcgyvr — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 20:16:19 GMT

@blessing86 wrote:

@mcgyvr if that's true... that's lame... thanks for the input.

@blessing86 Actually I was incorrect..

Its not exposed in Inventor style editor but you can edit the partslist.xml file and change "title gap" value.

I think you need to restart Inventor after making the change for it to take effect..

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:11:39 GMT

@mcgyvr I'll give it a try. Where would one find such a file?

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

mcgyvr — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:52:05 GMT

@blessing86 wrote:

@mcgyvr I'll give it a try. Where would one find such a file?

@blessing86 Find the location of your "Style Library" folder (see project file or application options) and you will see a bunch of xml files in that folder.. one is partslist.xml.. edit that with a text editor (I like notepad++)

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:08:14 GMT

@mcgyvr I appreciate your help, but I can't get it to work. I'm going to leave it as it is, push this version to my designers, and try again another day... running short on time lol... projects keep getting in the way of my fun!

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

mcgyvr — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:48:36 GMT

@blessing86 Attach your partslist.xml file from the active style library and tell me the exact parts list style name you are trying to change and the desired title row height.

I can change it for you and send it right back..

Re: Custom Table row heights Title gap

blessing86 — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:23:25 GMT

OK so it's actually a general table that I pre-defined and not parts list, but I looked and figured it worked the same way. One of the issues is that I am not seeing my specified tables in that list. I'm only seeing the default ones.

My Inventor App Options is set up to find the design data here: %PUBLICDOCUMENTS%\Autodesk\Inventor %RELEASE%\Design Data\

so i pulled the table.xml file from here: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2020\Design Data

attached is the file and an image of the table names that I am trying to set for.