Friday, March 23, 2018

Multileader






Consists of an arrowhead, a horizontal landing, a leader line or curve, and either a multiline text object or a block.





Annotate tab > Leaders panel > Multileader



Specify leader arrowhead location



Specify leader landing location



Enter multiline text
Click anywhere to end it



Repeat the same steps to create multileaders on different location


Align




Annotate tab > Leaders panel > Align



Cross-select the 3 multileaders
Press [Enter]



Command Line: Select Options




Select Use current spacing



Select Center Plate



Move cursor horizontally and click a point



Multileaders align horizontally and matain the same spacing



Repeat Align command



Cross-select the 2 multileaders
Press [Enter]



Command Line: Select Options



Select Distribute



Pick point from lower leader



Move up vertically and pick a point



 The other leader place above the first leader


Collect




Change the multileader style to Key Note



Start Multileader command



Specify arrowhead location



Specify landing location



Enter tag number: 3
Click OK



Leader with block



Repeat the same steps to place leaders on different location



Annotate tab > Leaders panel > Collect



Selct leader 4



Select leader 6



Pick a point to place the collect leaders



Leader block collect in the select order and arrange from left to right

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Table





A compound object that contains data in rows and columns
It can be created from an empty table or a table style



Annotate tab > Tables panel > Table


Enter Column, Column Width, Row and Row Height.
Click OK



Pick a point to place the table



Enter the title



Arrow-down and enter the header



Enter the rest of the headers



Highlight number '2'



Txt Editor tab > Formatting panel > Superscript



2 become square



Fill in other contain



Select cell C6



Click the diamond grip and drag to cell C3




Insert Block in Table Cell





Select cell A3



Table Cell tab > Insert panel > Block



Name: Select Room Number



Overall cell alignment: Select Middle Center



Click OK



Click OK to accept the default room number 101



Block with the number 101 insert in cell A3



Select cell A3
Click the diamond grip and drag to A9



This will copy the same block to all selected cells
Double-click on cell A4



Click OK



Enter Room Number: 102
Click OK



Repeat the same steps on all other blocks


Insert Field in Table Cell




Thaw the layer Area



The area displayed in magenta color



Select cell D3



Table Cell tab > Insert panel > Field



Field category: Select Objects



Field names: Select Object



Object type: Click Select object button



Select the magenta area of room 101



Precision: 0.0
Click Additional Format



Conversion factor: 0.000001
Click OK



Click OK



Command Line: Quit



Repeat the same steps on other table cells for the different room
Select the last cell


Insert Formula in Table Cell




Table Cell tab > Insert panel > Formula drop-down list - Sum



Pick two corners to select the range



The formula displayed
Press [Enter]



The sum result in square mm
Select the cell



Table Cell tab > Cell Format panel > Data Format drop-down list - Custom Table Cell Format



Precision: 0.0
Click Additional Format



Conversion factor: 0.000001
Click OK



Click OK



Sum result converted to square meters


Table Edit


Select the table title



Table Cell tab > Cell Styles anel > Background Color
Select Yellow color



Click row 2 to select all headers



Change the background color to Cyan



Click the outline of table to display grips
Click the top-right triangle grip to uiformly stretch table columns width



Make the square hot to stretch the individual column width



Adjust column width for Area column