Sizing Tables in Paperspace

[Anonymous]

I have several tables in modelspace that I need in paperspace.  As they are, the tables are too big to fit comfortably.  Because the tables scale with the scale of my viewport, zooming out just makes things worse.  I have tried to find a way to change the scale of the tables in paperspace, but no luck so far.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[Todd_Rogers]

I usually explode them when adding them to paperspace. You lose the dynamics, but you are able to scale them after exploding them. Or you can create a separate viewport and just scale it to fit the smaller viewport.

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

Would it be possible to create two viewports? One for your drawing and another for your table(s). This way you can scale each VP independently from one another.

[Anonymous]

I've always created my tables in model space at the same scale as the drawing, thus I don't have to worry about building viewports of varying scale in my project.  My only pet peeve is the inability to adjust the vertical spacing of table rows or the ability to edit a cell in the table without exploding them... (hint hint Autodesk)

[MMcCall402 · Accepted solution]

The tables are dynamic civil 3d objects and they will resize to the defined sizes specified in the table style style no matter what scale you set to a viewport. (unless you <shudder> explode them)

To make the tables smaller adjust your sizes in the table style.

[santhoulakis · Accepted solution]

Assign tables to a layer created only for them. Create a viewport for them all or for each of them where all other layers will be frozen. Freeze the tables' layer on your main drawing viewport.

[Anonymous]

Several answers sorta worked, but yours ended up being the best fit for my situation.  Thanks to everyone who responded!