Using the Columns tab

You define the column content by selecting the type of property you want to extract to display in the 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.

• Hole tables—Columns for hole size, hole XY location, and distance are included automatically. You also can define Hole Callout columns to contain information about each hole callout annotation on the drawing.

• 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).

• Custom properties—If they are defined in the model document, you can choose custom file properties, custom material properties, and custom occurrence properties. For more information, see Create a column for custom property content and Example: Show custom occurrence properties in a parts list.

• User defined—A user-defined column is one for which you specify the content you want to see. You may want to add a User Defined column to a parts list or other model-derived table to contain information that is entered and edited directly in the table. For more information, see Create a column for user-defined content.

• Plain text—You can add simple text to the property text strings in the column definition. The text is displayed in the parts list along with the values derived by the property text.

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 content and formatting specification settings to be reused with another model. To save your table layout and formatting, use the Save Settings options on the General tab of the Properties 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. For more information, see Using the Data tab.

• 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 topics, Editing a table directly and Edit a table cell directly.

• To learn how you can insert or delete columns and rows, move rows, drag columns from one location to another, see the help topic, Manipulate table rows and columns.