Entmake a ACAD_TABLE style...

I'm just starting up with Autocad 2005. I'd like to have ACAD_TABLE styles
on hand and ready to go. Is there a way I could entmake a table style? I
don't see it.

Thanks
Sage

 

I haven't actually tried this in 2005, but you should be able to. Tablestyles are part of the objects collection of the dxf structure (instead of tables interestingly enough).
To find a table style, you use the named object dictionary (namedobjdict function i think) object to retrieve the database pointer and then dictsearch, dictadd and dictnext to iterate through the collection. THere' a collection in there for table styles (similiar to pagesetups in 2002, I expect) which should return an entity name for your table that you can pass to entget or entmake. Of course, at this point, it might be simpler to use vba.
I would guess it'd be something like this:
thisdrawing.tablestyles.add(bunch of params,bunch more params,bunch of crap)
Tables reference a subobject called a cell.
Anyway, the full details are in the DXF reference.
CAD Naked
John

 

I ended up just creating the styles I'm interest in a drawing. I'll just
insert that block into the current drawing. Seems easier that way.