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AutoCAD 2018 Insert your table into your drawing with the header, four rows, and two columns. Enter the title and the three areas as shown in Figure 12. Next, we are going to follow steps 1 and 2.
4. Select your preferred units. Note: there are additional formatting options available here for adding a prefix, suffix, or additional mathematical expressions for control of your output. 5. Select OK and your field will be added to the table.
Figure 14: The table
Figure 12: Pond Calculations table
1. Select your Table Cell for the area. 2. Select Field from the Table Cell contextual ribbon. From the field dialog box, we are going to go through five options as shown in Figure 13.
Continue to add the areas 2 and 3. When complete, select the TOTAL cell and perform the sum function. Select formula, then Sum. You will now window select the three cells to total (shown in red) and hit enter. The sum of Areas 1 through 3 are now displayed in the table. Please see the screencast below for a demonstration on this topic. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/screencast/a2e18b05-14b2-4a68-88fc-2754f72ca0c0
Figure 15: Using a formula to add up the data
CREATING A SHEET SET INDEX TABLE Figure 13: Field dialog box
1. Move the field category to object. 2. Select the button and you will be taken back out to AutoCAD to select your object. Select the Area 1 polyline. 3. Select Area from the Property window.
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Open an existing sheet set, which contains layouts (sheets) with drawing numbers, sheet description, and a sheet title. We would like a sheet index placed on the cover page and linked to the sheet set. Why do things twice, right? As a prerequisite you can create a table that is your standard for design set title sheets; for this example, I have one named Sheet Index. You don’t have to do this, but when working on future projects for your design you should create your table according to your company standard. The generic table will get you September 2018