Carlson Software Forum

Hello Dent

can you help? i am doing a line table. lets say i have 4 lines- i do some other work and need to add another line- i click on the line and it makes a new table instead of asking me if i want to revise and or add to the table i already have- i have read some of help manual for this i cant find any setting that is wrong-

suggests?

Renee

Mine lets me add lines. Label the line under AutoAnnotate, set the line table setting to "ALWAYS" and BE SURE to note the number in the "Starting Line Table Number" box. If you already have 5 lines, be sure that number says 6.
If that does not work for you, PM me your email address and I will send you a screen shot of my AutoAnnotate settings.

i did have 5 lines so i put 6 when i wanted to add a new line but it started a new table- i will pm you if i can figure out how

the little pm button at the bottom of this message

I went and checked how mine works.
If you have 5 lines in your line table and you want to add number 6 as number 6, then it should redraw the line table with entries L1-L6.
If you change the lable for the new line to L1, THEN the software will ask you if you want to start a new table.
Evidently IF you are using a line number that already exists is the only time it will ask about a new table. if you are continuing on, then the entire new line table should be redrawn.

thats just it is not redrawing the table it is starting a new one

and that new one starts , or includes, just the added line??

it does not include the lines already used and a couple of times it did not even start a table and only put the L on the property line and did not even do the table

I dug a little deeper. Go to ANNOTATE, then down to LINE/CURVE TABLE, then down to TABLE DEFAULTS and make sure that Automatic Table Update is turned on.

yes that is done

Time to call Carlson tech Support then. You must have a bad copy or something.
You can always download the latest build off the website and see if that fixes your issues. (It's a very easy process. Just select the lates copy of your product and tell it to download, just like you are installing a new copy of the software. it will read you software ID from the existing software, so there is no need to reregister or anything. It will NOT overwrite any of your custom settings. It will simply download the latest version onto your computer and then tell you it's all done and exit. You do not have to do a thing except to tell it to download. I've even done this a few times and it worked for me, so it cannot be all that difficult.)

guess what? i got it!!
under table defaults the "use table entity" has to be checked

now if i can just the print settings right i will be good for a while.

thanks
Renee

The thing to do is to get your coworker to open all of the tabs and pulldowns that he uses for printing and compare what he has checked to your set up. Pay particular attention to what *.ctb file he is using and what he selects for the printer. Make sure that all of that is set the same way on your 'pooter.
Isn't a "rush" when you figure out something that actually works!! Goals met and evil computers bested!! HUZZAH!! You go girl!!