I am wondering how to control the width of the columns in northing/easting schedules. The issue I am running up against is that the text I enter in the "remarks" area in the dialog that opens when I select "edit" in the Civil and Survey Manager under Northing/Easting Points is about 20 characters (for what it is worth, this is less than the number of characters shown in the example schedule in the documentation here: https://www.landfx.com/docs/site-hardscape-design/grading-tools/2021-northing-easting-points.html#schedule). When I run a N/E schedule (Table with gridlines non-plot), the "description" column contains the text from the remarks, but it wraps to a second line. I have tried adjusting the column widths in the schedule defaults in the RefNotes Mgr, but this doesn't have any effect on the N/E schedule. Is there a way to adjust a column with for the n/e schedule without having to run the schedule as a spreadsheet?
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The Description column in the N/E schedule was set to just over 1". which is certainly cozy, barely enough for the word "Description".
I ticked that up to almost 2", which seems an acceptable default. The issue, is that it will take up that space even with no descriptions, which is why we tried to have the default be a comfortably small width.
Of course ideally, it could have a minimum default, and then grow automatically to an appreciable maximum.
But the manual workaround is so easy, that's why we haven't bothered with over-engineering it. Simply block edit the schedule, click in a description, and then use a blue grip to resize the column. Granted that will not hold after re-generating a schedule, but it certainly doesn't require sending to Excel and back just for a quick column sizing.
--J
I ticked that up to almost 2", which seems an acceptable default. The issue, is that it will take up that space even with no descriptions, which is why we tried to have the default be a comfortably small width.
Of course ideally, it could have a minimum default, and then grow automatically to an appreciable maximum.
But the manual workaround is so easy, that's why we haven't bothered with over-engineering it. Simply block edit the schedule, click in a description, and then use a blue grip to resize the column. Granted that will not hold after re-generating a schedule, but it certainly doesn't require sending to Excel and back just for a quick column sizing.
--J
Accepted Answer
The Description column in the N/E schedule was set to just over 1". which is certainly cozy, barely enough for the word "Description".
I ticked that up to almost 2", which seems an acceptable default. The issue, is that it will take up that space even with no descriptions, which is why we tried to have the default be a comfortably small width.
Of course ideally, it could have a minimum default, and then grow automatically to an appreciable maximum.
But the manual workaround is so easy, that's why we haven't bothered with over-engineering it. Simply block edit the schedule, click in a description, and then use a blue grip to resize the column. Granted that will not hold after re-generating a schedule, but it certainly doesn't require sending to Excel and back just for a quick column sizing.
--J
I ticked that up to almost 2", which seems an acceptable default. The issue, is that it will take up that space even with no descriptions, which is why we tried to have the default be a comfortably small width.
Of course ideally, it could have a minimum default, and then grow automatically to an appreciable maximum.
But the manual workaround is so easy, that's why we haven't bothered with over-engineering it. Simply block edit the schedule, click in a description, and then use a blue grip to resize the column. Granted that will not hold after re-generating a schedule, but it certainly doesn't require sending to Excel and back just for a quick column sizing.
--J
Jeremiah,
As always, thanks so much for your thoughtful response. What you have proposed (block editing the schedule) is such a simple workaround. I somehow didn't realize I could block edit schedules--I was thinking I would need to explode, which I try to avoid. The workaround you suggested is perfectly simple. Thanks again!
As always, thanks so much for your thoughtful response. What you have proposed (block editing the schedule) is such a simple workaround. I somehow didn't realize I could block edit schedules--I was thinking I would need to explode, which I try to avoid. The workaround you suggested is perfectly simple. Thanks again!
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