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Generate terminal strip tables
Insert terminal strip tables onto drawings
Use the Terminal Strip Table Generator tool to insert terminal tables onto
drawings. A new drawing file is created with each section break and
automatically added to the active project.
1 Click the arrow on the Terminal Strip Editor to access the
Terminal Strip Table Generator tool.
2 Click the Terminal Strip Table Generator tool.
3 Select the terminal strips to create tables from.
4 Specify the file name for the first drawing. It is recommended
to add a numeric suffix to the file name since the last character
of the file name is incremented for each new drawing.
5 (Optional) Specify a template file to use.
6 Select whether to create the table as blocks or an AutoCAD
table object.
7 Specify the table layout settings:
If you selected Table Blocks, specify the header block, row block, an-
notation format, scale, angle and rows per section.
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If you selected Table Object, specify the table style, row style, table
title and layer. Select whether to insert the tables in a new drawing,
rebuild an existing terminal strip in an existing drawing or refresh an
existing terminal strip in an existing drawing.
8 Specify the X and Y section placement values for the tables.
9 Click OK.
Terminal strip table generator
This tool controls the Tabular Terminal layout format automatically for any
number of terminal strips. A new drawing file is created with each section
break and automatically added to the active project. The terminal strip's
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