TechDraw SpreadsheetView

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TechDraw SpreadsheetView

Menu location
TechDraw → Views From Other Workbenches → Insert Spreadsheet View
Workbenches
TechDraw, Spreadsheet
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
None

Description

The TechDraw SpreadsheetView tool allows you to place a view of a selected spreadsheet on a Page.

introduced in version 1.0: The TechDraw View tool can also create a Spreadsheet View.

Spreadsheet element inserted in the TechDraw drawing page

Usage

  1. Select a spreadsheet in the Tree view.
  2. If there are multiple drawing pages in the document: optionally add the desired page to the selection by selecting it in the Tree view.
  3. Select the TechDraw → Views From Other Workbenches → Insert Spreadsheet View option from the menu.
  4. If there are multiple drawing pages in the document, and if no page is displayed in the Main view area and you have not yet selected a page, the Page Chooser dialog box opens:
    1. Select the desired page.
    2. Press the OK button.
  5. A Spreadsheet View is inserted.
  6. Adjust the cell range of the view by changing its DataCell Start and DataCell End properties.

Properties

See also: Property editor.

A Spreadsheet View, formally a TechDraw::DrawViewSpreadsheet object, has the properties that are common to all View types. It also has the following additional properties:

Data

Drawing view

  • Data (Hidden)Symbol (String): The SVG code defining this symbol.
  • Data (Hidden)Editable Texts (StringList): Substitution values for the editable strings in this symbol. Not used.
  • DataOwner (Link): Feature to which this symbol is attached. introduced in version 1.0

Spreadsheet

  • DataSource (Link): The spreadsheet to be added to the page.
  • DataCell Start (String): The top left cell of the cell range to be included in this view.
  • DataCell End (String): The bottom right cell of the cell range to be included in this view.
  • DataFont (Font): The name of the font used for texts.
  • DataText Color (Color): The color of texts and lines that have no color specified in the spreadsheet.
  • DataText Size (Float): The font size of texts.
  • DataLine Width (Float): The width of the cell borders.