Getting More from Your Design Table

Design tables are great tools for helping you re-use geometry and creating dozens of design variations simply by modifying dimensions in an Excel file format. You can get more from your design table by using it to calculate values important to your design and then printing that value on your drawing!

For example, let's say you manufacture formed tubing products, and want to print the overall length of the tube on the drawing. Use the design table to calculate the tube length, then print that value on the drawing - here's how!

First create the model of the formed tube...

Create a design table in case you manufacture other variations (configurations) of the tube design. Since this table is an Excel spread sheet already, simply add a column to be used for the calculated overall tube length. In the appropriate cell enter the length calculation using the proper call values. In this way, copying the entire row of cells will permit you to add more formed tube products quickly and easily.

Now that the hard part is over, just add the table to your drawing. Future additions to the design table will automatically populate the drawing view table.

Get more from your design table by publishing the results on your drawing!