I have just spent the last 2 hours trying to insert a very very very standardly formatted excel table - just some text and bordered cells - not very big either.
Admittedly, this is the first time I have tried this, using CONNECT and its vaunted "Place Table" tool (using the 'From File' option). I guess when I started this I thought it would be pretty straight forward. My fault for making that assumption.
What I wanted was to just insert my relatively straight forward excel table on to my design plane and have it look like the one in my spreadsheet.
Retried everything this morning. Same results. Here is the "look" of the excel table.
Here is the "look" of the inserted table in ORD.
Note the extra lines at the top of the table.
I did the exact step-by-step, as shown in "To Place a Table from an Excel Workbook" (MicroStation Help). Also, I did apply the "...select From Excel in the Seed drop-down list.", in step #8. I did this both yesterday and today. Same results.
I see Gerd's information. I have used the same "old copy and paste" processes for years. However, I always want to use new tools and workflows, as the software is modernized. My frustration is that I feel like an unpaid Bentley Software Tester.
Also, I am not interested in "building" seeds at this point. Maybe later, as I develop standard workflows, for my company. I just want to insert a simple Excel table and have it look like the spreadsheet.
Richard Tarntino said: I am not interested in "building" seeds at this point
You shouldn't have to: MicroStation help tells us that the table formatting is derived from the Excel worksheet. That isn't happening: file a service request (SR) with Bentley Systems, supplying your Excel file and screenshots as evidence.
mlm said:The given seeds did not work with my files
FWIW I've had problems using a table seed, where rows or columns become garbled. Bentley Systems didn't respond helpfully.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
Jon,
It is my plan to SR with Bentley in the near term. (There is so much on my plate, to get done.) Thank you for connecting with my here; it is much appreciated.