Creating Area Tables

You can use area tables to display information about each parcel in the drawing. Depending on the table style that you use, you can vary the amount of information as well as the formatting.

One thing you will probably need to do prior to creating an area table is renumber the lots. You do this by using the Renumber/Rename command on the ribbon.

To renumber the lots in your drawing and list their areas in a table, follow these steps:

The Exercise File can be downloaded at the end of the article  

1. Open the drawing named Creating An Area Table.dwg located in the Chapter 13 class data folder.

2. Click one of the lot number labels, and then click Renumber/Rename on the ribbon.
3. In the Renumber/Rename Parcels dialog box, check the box next to Use Name Template In Parcel Style. Click OK.

   Tips:This setting will cause the parcels to be automatically renamed to reflect their new numbers.

4. When you’re prompted to specify a start point, click near the center of lot 24. Then, to select the parcels in the correct order, draw the line segments indicated by the red arrows in Figure 13.6.

   Figure 13.6  Selecting parcels in the order they are to be renumbered

5. Press Enter twice to end the command and update the numbers. The numbers should now start at 1 and end at 40 along the same path that you selected.

6. Press Esc to clear the previous selection. Zoom to the lots in the center of the project. Select one of the lot labels, and then click Renumber/Rename on the ribbon.
7. In the Renumber/Rename Parcels dialog box, check the box next to Use Name Template In Parcel Style. Click OK.

   Tips:Notice that the starting number is 41. The command remembered that you stopped at 40 during the previous renumbering process.

8. Draw lines through the parcels as you did before, beginning at lot 68, drawing in a clockwise fashion and ending at lot 62. Press Enter twice to end the command. These lots should now be numbered from 41 to 53.

9. Press Esc to clear the previous selection. Click one of the lot labels, and then click Add TablesAdd Area on the ribbon.
10. In the Table Creation dialog box, do the following:
    1. For Table Style, select Area Only.
    2. Under Select By Label Or Style, check the Lot Number box in the Apply column.

       Tips :You may need to resize the dialog box or scroll to the right to see the Apply column where the box can be checked.

    3. Click OK.
11. Click a point in an open area of the drawing to insert the tables. A new set of tables is inserted.

Creating Parcel Tables

• Creating Area Tables
• Creating Parcel Segment Tables

Download Exercise File :

• Creating Parcel Tables - Metric     --- ( 1.28 MB )
• Creating Parcel Tables - Imperial  --- ( 1.99 MB )