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Customizing and Adding
New Content for Detail
Components
The details feature in AutoCAD Architecture has a framework for content that can be
customized and extended in several different ways. Detail components are stored in Microsoft
®
Access databases, which end users can modify or even create using the Detail Component
Manager, as described under Creating and Modifying Detail Component Databases on page
3515.
Developers may prefer to work on detail component databases using Microsoft Access directly,
in which case they will definitely need to refer to the descriptions and code samples in this
appendix. However, it is recommended that any user be familiar with this information before
attempting to create or customize a detail component database.
Introduction
AutoCAD Architecture detail components are not custom objects in AutoCAD.
They are made up of simple entities like line, arc, polyline, block, and hatch.
Usually, the various entities that make up a detail component are grouped as
an anonymous block so that they can easily be copied or moved like a single
entity. But a detail component can also be as simple as a polyline boundary
with a hatch interior. This accommodates the type of component for which it
is natural to use the STRETCH command. The exact makeup of the component
is left to the discretion of the developer.
Each Detail Component is also stamped with “Xdata” (Extended Entity Data)
that identifies where it came from in the original database of components. This
data can be used later to retrieve additional information or create another
component of the same type.
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