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database and changing all the values, it would be considered the first version
of the new database, and all MODIFIED fields should be set to FALSE.
PICTURE This column allows you to specify a unique picture when this Group
node is selected in the Detail Component Manager. It is recommended that
you use an image file of type PNG. The location of the image file is usually
specified by appending the filename to the path assigned to the DirKey for
this Group.
Components Table
The Components table is the main “map” of how all the information about
a given component is tied together. The following fields apply to each row in
the table:
ID A unique number within this table that identifies the particular component
within this database. Once created, this number should never change.
Components that have already been placed in the drawing are stamped with
this ID and must be able to consistently reference this row in the database.
GroupName The parent Group of this component. This establishes the place
of the component in the overall hierarchy of components.
Name The text string used for display purposes in the Detail Component
Manager and on the Properties palette.
TableName The name of the size table for this component (Component Size
Tables are described in the following section).
Keynote This value references an entry in a keynotes database. This is the
default keynote to be used for all sizes of this component, but it can be
overridden if a size-specific keynote is defined in the size table.
SubComponentKey This value identifies the component as a valid
subcomponent for the context specified. For example, the Recipes for Brick
and CMU allow for a subcomponent of mortar. The Recipe system will search
for all components in the database that identify themselves as being valid
subcomponents for mortar.
RecipeSpec This value specifies the XML file to use as the RecipeSpec for this
component. The RecipeSpec has instructions for how to actually create and
place the component in the drawing. The RecipeSpec is found by searching
in the directory specified by the PathKey for the Group in which this
component resides. For more information, see the subsequent section on
Recipe Specifications.
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