Layout Publishing & BOM Tables Wishes

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This is in no way intended to replace the need for a table object or table generator in Rhino.
However, you may not know that there is a work around to get tables on the Rhino model or layout.
This is for you.
Importing a PDF of a formatted table actually works well in Rhino 7 & 8 WIP.

  1. In Excel or Google Docs, format your table, including borders.
  2. Print to PDF file.
  3. Import PDT to Rhino or drag & drop on to the Rhino application and pick Import.
  4. Set PDF unit = to Rhino unit or scale after importing with Gumball or scale command
    Uniform Gumball Scale: Hold down the Shift key and drag one of the scale markers.
  5. Miscellaneous clean up as required.

Need Changes: Update in Excel or Google sheets and repeat.

Give it a try if you need a schedule on your layout.

If you use Rhino 7 Block Attributes, try the new Rhino 7 test command TestExportBlockAttributes. This will generate a CSV that you can import and format in a spreadsheet program. (Rhino 8 WIP the command is ExportBlockAttributes)
See previous post here: New Block Attribute Export command

Sincerely,
Mary Ann Fugier

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