Tables split into dwg primitives are not uncommon in drawings. You can work with them, but very inconvenient. Adding rows and columns to such tables is easy, but inserting new ones is laborious.
nanoCAD Plus with the SPDS module allows you to "glue" segments and text (drawing primitives) into nanoCAD tables. For this, the Table Recognition utility has been developed .
Command recognition table (SPRECTABLE, RECTABLE) you will find in a ribbon interface on ASAP tab, in the basement of the group formats, the table (Fig. 1).
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Recognition of tables allows you to automatically search for individual primitives and replace them with the "nanoCAD Table" object. The original primitives remain in the drawing, the recognized table is created as a copy of them.
The optimal course of action is as follows:
- transfer primitives to a separate area in the drawing;
- call the Recognize tables command ;
- indicate on the drawing a point near the table.
The first point can be skipped, but if you have several tables located next to each other in your drawing, then it is possible that the SPDS will "glue" them into one or combine them with the primitives that form the format.
Usage example
The drawing contains a table consisting of separate segments and multi-line texts (Fig. 2).
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Let's use the Recognize tables command .
Immediately after executing the command, we see the overlay of the recognized table on the original primitives (Fig. 3). The width and height of cells are recognized as accurately as possible, Mtext is converted to the value of the corresponding cell, a new table is created in the SPDS_TABLES layer. We only need to drag the table by the "handle" to an empty space, and then open the full nano-table editor to customize cell styles and further work with the table.
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A special case of tables is formats, and they often turn out to be "blown up". In nanoCAD Plus with the SPDS module for their recovery, there is a format Recognition utility (SPRECF, RECF)... In the interface it can be found next to the Table Recognition utility (see Fig. 1). After combining the primitives, you will receive full-fledged SPDS objects: format, title block and stamps with multifunctional "handles" and dialog boxes.
Conclusion
Two small utilities with the simplest execution algorithm will allow you to restore full-fledged SPDS nanoCAD objects from the drawing primitives and continue working comfortably.
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Tatiana Vaskina,
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