General Table - Hard Return 2

[macduff]

I cannot execute a hard return in a solidworks general table to add a space. It closes the cell and go to the next available cell. I closed out of Solidworks and re-booted my computer. Both hard return on the keyboard and num pad doesn't work. I also tried creating a new SW doc and the same thing happens. See attached.

Thanks,


Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[ArtL]

Mac Just a shot in the dark - is the cell set for three lines of text? I'm not really hep on excell and how it works, but thats what I would look at.

 

[MechEng2005]

If I'm understanding you correctly, I believe you just need to hit Alt+Enter.

This is the same as for creating multiple lines of text in the same cell in Excel as well.

-- MechEng2005

 

[macduff]

Thanks MechEng2005. That is a great work around. I swear the functionality was there before?

ArtL. I'm going to investigate the 3 lines of text you mentioned.

Thanks for your help

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[SteveMartin]

This is a stupid workaround, but I've had to resort to it in the past when more appropriate means stopped working on me:

Type your text into a text editor (notepad for instance), including the returns as you need them. Copy and paste the whole text into the desired location in SolidWorks.

 

[macduff]

You know what Steve....I did that exact same thing this morning before MechEng2005 replied.

Boy, I wish SW would make tables easier for both excel and the SW tables. None of the two are user friendly.

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 3.1
Dell 490 XP Pro SP 2
Xeon CPU 3.00 GHz 3.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro FX 3450 512 MB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[shrewsburyyf]

I have that problem as well

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[evolDiesel]

If I'm understanding you correctly, I believe you just need to hit Alt+Enter.This is the same as for creating multiple lines of text in the same cell in Excel as well.

In Excel it's always been [Alt]+[Enter] to get a carriage return in a string of text and I've never seen that fail in either Excel or a SolidWorks design table.

Just to be certain macduff I looked at the image you attached and recreated it in both Excel and through a SolidWorks design table. Then I repreated it several times in a cell. The only limitation I could find was in row height. Mine maxed at 409.5 (this is Excel 2010).

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