Inserting a New Design Table

If you have Microsoft Excel on your computer, you can use it to embed a new design table directly in the document. A design table allows you to build several different configurations of a part by applying the values in the table to the dimensions of the part.

First you prepare to insert the design table.

  1. Click Isometric (Standard Views toolbar).
  2. Right-click the Annotations folder in the FeatureManager design tree, and select Details.
  3. In the Annotation Properties dialog box:
    • Clear Always display text at the same size.
    • Set Text scale to 1:1.
    • Click OK.
    Text now scales when you zoom in the graphics area.
  4. Press Z to zoom out or Shift+Z to zoom in so you can see all the part’s dimensions in the graphics area. Use Pan , if necessary, to move the part to the lower-right corner of the window.
    To pan, you can also hold down Ctrl and press the arrow keys.
  5. Click Select to release any active View tool.