dxf table import/

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Can dwg tables be imported as worksheet and worksheets be exported as dwg tables?

In VW 2013 SP3 the tables are exploded into lines

[Monadnoc]

First off, by tables I'm assuming you are talking about spreadsheets and not furniture. And are they dxf or dwg?

So are your original dxf/dwg tables actual spreadsheets or just lines and text? What program did they come from? I know in AutoCAD, every table I've ever worked with that came from an architect wasn't an actual table or spreadsheet, it was just dumb lines and text arranged to look like a table. As far as I know (which isn't much) AutoCAD has no built in functionality for spreadsheets/worksheets like VW has. If I remember correctly, when I run the create table command in AutoCAD Architecture it creates a table out of lines and text, not an actual spreadsheet. So there isn't much VW could do in translation - garbage in, garbage out. I have inserted Excel spreadsheets into AutoCAD for tables as an OLE object. I have no idea how that would translate through the dxf/dwg engine though. At the very least you'd still need the original, referenced Xcel file. It's hard to say without knowing the condition of the original tables.

Edited June 6, 2013 by Monadnoc

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Hi Monadnoc

Autocad itself, dwg and or dxf files can and do support tables (with functionality equivalent to worksheets). I have sent a copy of such a file to Ozcad our distributor in the hope they forward it on.

The table is pulverised in the import process by VW 2013 SP3 and converted to "dumb lines and text".

Thats not very useful behaviour, for us anyway.

Regards

[Monadnoc]

Are you sure about that? I always thought tables in AutoCAD Architecture were either OLE objects from Excel or pseudo-tables made up of lines and text but linked to attributes. But I'm not positive, and I haven't tried them since R2009. Once I realized they weren't true spreadsheets I always used Excel OLE objects for tables. But it could be something new. I'm not at work now so I can't see how ACAD Architecture 2013 does it now. If I have time tomorrow I'll investigate.

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Autocad tables

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/index.html?url=WS1a9193826455f5ffa23ce210c4a30acaf-63ab.htm,topicNumber=d0e123859

They can or can not be linked to an excel spreadsheet

Regards

[Monadnoc]

Reading your link, it sure seems like they are real spreadsheets now. I still haven't had a chance to play around with them in person yet. Thanks for the info. Learn something new every day. Sometimes it's hard to stay current.