General Table Output

Also known as Civil Tables^™ or Table Tools, this command exclusively for Civil3D users exports the contents of a Civil3D table to multiple targets like Excel, Word, etc.

Keyboard Command: GenTblOut

Procedure:

1. Open the drawing containing AECC* table objects to be exported.
2. Initiate this tool from the menu, ribbon or command above.
3. DS> Select table: Select the desired Civil3D Table.
   Found (x) Columns, (y) Rows.
4. DS> Output [Browser/Copy/Excel/List/Mtext/Save/Table/Word/None] : Indicate the desired output format:
   • Browser: Output is sent to your default browser as an HTML document. This allows direct printing or inclusion in web projects.
   • Copy: Output is sent to the Windows clipboard, ready to paste into any application that accepts tabular information.
   • Excel: Output is sent directly to Microsoft Excel. If Excel is not open an ready, a new session will be started.
   • List: Output is simply sent to the AutoCAD command prompt. Useful when command logging is active to include table content.
   • Mtext: Output is sent to an AutoCAD Mtext object with each cell in a row separated by a tab. You may have to adjust column widths after.
   • Save: Output is sent to a file of the designated format. Currently supports CSV, HTM and XML formats.
   • Table: Output is sent to an AutoCAD Table object. Useful to convert Civil Tables to plain CAD tables.
   • Word: Output is sent directly to Microsoft Word (as a table). If Word is not open an ready, a new session will be started.