AutoCAD TABLE Command: How to Insert and Edit Tables
Creates a table object with rows and columns that can hold text and formulas.
- Command
- TABLE
- Aliases
- TB
- English name
- Table
The AutoCAD TABLE command opens the Insert Table dialog and adds a table object made of rows and columns. It is used for material lists, door and window schedules and title block data.
You can start from an empty table, link it to an Excel file through a data link, or fill it with data extracted from drawing objects. By default the first row is a Title, the second a Header, and the rest are Data rows.
A table's appearance comes from its table style, managed with TABLESTYLE. Cells can hold text, blocks and simple formulas such as sums.
How to use it
- Type TABLE or TB and press Enter.
- Choose a table style in the Insert Table dialog.
- Enter the number of columns and rows, column width and row height.
- Choose the insertion behavior (point or window), click OK and place the table.
- Type in the cells and use Tab or the arrow keys to move between them.
Options
- Table style
- Chooses the style that controls text, borders and cell formatting.
- Start from empty table
- Creates an empty table.
- From a data link
- Creates a table linked to an Excel spreadsheet.
- From object data (Data Extraction)
- Creates a table from data extracted from drawing objects.
- Insertion behavior
- Places the table by an insertion point or sizes it with a window.
- Set cell styles
- Assigns Title, Header or Data cell styles to the first, second and remaining rows.
Notes and tips
- Select a cell to open the Table Cell tab, where you can insert rows and columns, merge cells and add formulas.
- Use Paste Special to paste a range copied from Excel as an AutoCAD table.
- If table text is too large or small, check the cell text heights in the table style.