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I am running into an issue with an existing drawing with a table. The table was locked so I unlocked the entire table so I can add a couple of rows. When I edit an existing cell the font changes to something that looks different. In the properties everything looks the same but something is different. I attached screenshots of the cells and the properties. Thanks in advance!
I tried having a value of 35 in both cells but it is still saying the contents *VARIES*. I attached another screenshot below to help figure this out. Please let know if there is any more information I can provide. Thanks!
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It looks like that table is linked to an excel file that is outside of the drawing. If that's the case, it's displaying the spreadsheet in one font, and your edits are coming in according to the current text style (which is appropriate).
This table doesn't appear to have been created via a report command. When I put a BOM on a drawing with that command, PROPERTIES doesn't indicate any kind of external link.
Can you post a drawing?
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
This table doesn't appear to have been created via a report command. When I put a BOM on a drawing with that command, PROPERTIES doesn't indicate any kind of external link.
Can you post a drawing?
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
I uploaded the DWG. Also below are more screenshots. I realize I don't have the excel sheet that was originally tied to this drawing.
Well, in your first screen shot, PROPERTIES is reporting an active data link. (see the line where it says 'Cell Data Link - Linked To E...' This implies that the excel file is available to ACAD somewhere, even though in your later screenshots it says 'Not Linked'.
Regardless, you're dealing with an Excel table that has been linked into ACAD. That's why it was locked: ideally, you would go back to that file, make the changes there, and update the link in ACAD. (This isn't normal ACADE workflow, by the way. ACADE-generated tables don't link to anything external.) So, you're faced with getting that file and using the workflow that is already set up, or finding a work around.
In order to work around this:
(Assuming that all you really need to do is match text)
I would create a text style, using the Arial font because that's what's in the table, and then apply it to the text edits you made. You can do that part via PROPERTIES, a workflow you clearly are familiar with. You don't have to make that text style current, just set it up and then make your changes via PROPERTIES
Hope this helps,
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
Regardless, you're dealing with an Excel table that has been linked into ACAD. That's why it was locked: ideally, you would go back to that file, make the changes there, and update the link in ACAD. (This isn't normal ACADE workflow, by the way. ACADE-generated tables don't link to anything external.) So, you're faced with getting that file and using the workflow that is already set up, or finding a work around.
In order to work around this:
(Assuming that all you really need to do is match text)
I would create a text style, using the Arial font because that's what's in the table, and then apply it to the text edits you made. You can do that part via PROPERTIES, a workflow you clearly are familiar with. You don't have to make that text style current, just set it up and then make your changes via PROPERTIES
Hope this helps,
Jim
Jim Seefeldt
Electrical Engineering Technician
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