You can use the Columns tab in the Properties dialog box to add columns to a parts list or table, and to define and format column headings.
You define the column content by selecting the type of property you want to extract to display in it. You can combine multiple properties in each column, and you can add simple text strings to any column.
Parts lists--You can choose a predefined parts list-specific property, such as Item Number, Quantity, Cut Length, Total Length, Mass (Item), Mass (Quantity) and miter angle (Miter Cut 1, Miter Cut 2).
Column totals are computed automatically when you use the Mass (Item) and Mass (Quantity) columns.
Bend tables--You can choose any predefined property in the sheet metal bend table to add to, or remove from, the drawing bend table. These include properties for Sequence, Radius, Included Angle, (outside) Angle, Direction, and Feature.
Block tables--You can choose block properties (derived from the Block Properties dialog box), block labels (derived from the Block Label Properties dialog box), and block member data (derived from the block geometry).
You can choose from any of the other file properties, such as Material, Volume, Density, Status, Document Number, and Company.
You can add columns for special properties that are defined on the Custom tab in the File Properties dialog box in the part and sheet metal documents.
On the Columns tab in the Parts List Properties dialog box, you can find these properties in the Properties list, and you can insert a column for each special property.
You can create user defined columns by selecting the User Defined property.
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You also can add user-defined rows and columns on the Data tab.
You can add simple text to the property strings in the column definition. The text is displayed in the parts list along with the property text derived values.
A custom column is one for which you specify the content you want to see. You can add a custom column for:
User-defined information created in the draft document.
Custom properties defined on the Custom tab in the File Properties dialog box in model documents.
There are two things you need to do to create a custom column definition.
Add the column to the table--Use the Add Column button and select the User Defined property or any custom property to add it to the table.
Define the column content--You can define content for a column by selecting a property from the Properties list, and then selecting the Add Property button to add its corresponding property text code to define the column content.
If you added a custom property column with predefined content, for example, Part Type, its property text code is displayed as %{Part Type/CP|G}. The values defined for the Part Type property in the model documents are extracted and displayed in the Part Type column in the draft document.
If you added a User Defined column, however, the Property text box is blank. The content definition is based solely on the properties that you add from the Properties list, or the text that you type in the Property text box.
You can select one or more types of data that you want to appear in this column. If you select multiple properties, they are added in the order that they are selected. When the information is extracted into the table cell, it appears in the order that the property text codes are added.
You also can:
Add formatting to the property text string using the space bar and the Enter key.
Control the display order of extracted information by the order that you choose the property text.
Type directly in the box to add special characters or any other fixed information that you want to appear in each cell in the custom column. For more information about property text, see the following help topics:
You can specify all column formatting on the Columns tab and using the Format Table Cells dialog box. This includes column width and alignment, column heading position and alignment, and column heading text. For example, you can specify that column headings are centered but column data is left- or right-justified.
You can save all content and formatting specification settings on the Parts List Properties dialog box to be reused with another model. To save your parts list format, use the Save Settings options on the General tab of the dialog box.
The Move Up and Move Down buttons control the order in which the columns are displayed in the table or parts list. The column at the top of the list appears first; the column at the end of the list appears last.
You can control whether new columns are added to the right or left side of the table using the Page Anchor Point setting on the General tab of the Properties dialog box. For example, if the anchor point is bottom-right, then columns are added to the left side of the table. If the anchor point is top-left, then columns are added to the right side of the table.
Once the table is placed on the drawing, you can select a column to change its format. Use the buttons on the Data tab to add user defined columns and rows, delete columns and rows, and edit the content and formatting of individual data cells.
To learn how you can use the Format Column dialog box and the Format Table Cells dialog box to customize the appearance of the header rows and data cells, see the Help topic, Formatting columns and data cells.
To learn how you can insert or delete columns and rows, move rows, drag columns from one location to another, see the Help topic, Make changes to a table or parts list.