AUTOCAD 2011 User Manual

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SearchKey A comma-delimited list of keywords used by the Detail Component

Manager to search for components.

Units This value specifies the unit of measure for the size table for this

component.

MODIFIED A Boolean flag indicating whether this row has been changed

since it was originally created. If the user modifies the row using the Detail

Component Manager, this field is marked so that future versions of the

database can merge in the changes. The notion of “modified” is relative to

the version of the database. For instance, if you are copying an existing

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 to display when

this particular row is selected in the Detail Component Manager. If the field

is left blank, then the picture specified at the Component level is used. If no

picture is specified in the Components table, the picture specified for the

component’s Group is used.

It is recommended that you use an image file of type PNG.

Component Size Tables

For each component in the database, there should be a corresponding size

table. A size table can be named anything you desire, but must include the

following columns:

Description A textual description of the item, which is used as a display string

in the Properties palette.

ID A unique number within the given table that identifies the particular row

in the table used to create a component. 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.