Understanding Detail Components
Detail components represent specific building materials and products, and are made up of simple two-dimensional
(2D) linework entities such as lines, polylines, arcs, circles, and hatches. In most cases, the detail component is a
collection of such entities grouped as a block, which can be easily copied or moved like a single entity. The following
are examples of detail components that are inserted as blocks:
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Bolt heads
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Fixed-length nails
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Section views of beams and columns
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Most section views of framing members
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Units such as CMUs, bricks, and pavers
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Connectors
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Materials with views generated from interrelating parameters; for example, trusses, precast concrete, and hollow
metal frames
Other detail components are inserted as loose linework entities if they represent material of variable length, amorphous
shape, or something that would likely be cut or otherwise modified in the field. This is the case for views showing the
length of a material, such as framing members, sheathing material, or fasteners, for which the detail component database
does not include a fixed-length table.
Detail components are inserted into drawings parametrically, using a tool that prompts you for the information needed
to perform the drawing routine associated with a particular component. Once inserted into a drawing, the components
are largely static: although they can be rescaled or repositioned using Properties palette settings, they do not have
object-like intelligence that allows for parameter modifications to the extent that architectural objects do. You can,
however, perform various editing operations on detail components using the tools available from the context menu.
The Detail Component Manager provides a centralized location for storing and accessing detail components. Its filter
mechanism lets you quickly locate a particular component in a database. You can then insert the component directly
into a drawing, or, if you are likely to use it frequently, you can drag and drop it onto a tool palette for even more
convenient access.
Many detail components are also available as tools on the default Detailing tool palettes, which can be transferred to
the workspace from the Sample Palette Catalog. You can also create a tool by dragging a detail component from a
drawing and dropping it onto a tool palette. Because detail component tools can be moved between tool palettes and
tool catalogs, or copied over the Internet using i-drop
®
functionality, they are easily shared by project team members.
Tools can be modified using the associated Tool Properties worksheet. You can also apply detail component tool
properties to any linework within a drawing so that it can be reference-keynoted according to the organizational system
you are using.
In addition to the database supplied with the software (based on the CSI MasterFormat
™
2004) you can add and access
your own detail component databases as needed (see “
Configuring Detail Component Database Availability
” on page
1948). The Detail Component Manager includes a wizard that lets advanced users define the drawing routines and other
parameters required to add new component tables to a database.
Inserting Detail Components
All detail components are inserted into drawings using the same basic tool, which performs the insertion routine
associated with a selected component. Each detail component tool provided on the sample tool palettes represents a
different configuration of the basic tool. You can activate the detail component insertion tool in five different ways:
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Select a component in the Detail Component Manager, and click Insert Component (or double-click the component).
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Click a detail component tool icon on a tool palette.
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Drag and drop a detail component tool from a Content Browser tool catalog directly into a drawing.
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Select a component in a drawing, right-click, and click Add Selected. This reruns the tool with the same property
settings used to insert the existing component, so that you can quickly insert additional copies of the same
component.
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Summary of Contents for 00128-051462-9310 - AUTOCAD 2008 COMM UPG FRM 2005 DVD
Page 1: ...AutoCAD Architecture 2008 User s Guide 2007 ...
Page 4: ...1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
Page 40: ...xl Contents ...
Page 41: ...Workflow and User Interface 1 1 ...
Page 42: ...2 Chapter 1 Workflow and User Interface ...
Page 146: ...106 Chapter 3 Content Browser ...
Page 164: ...124 Chapter 4 Creating and Saving Drawings ...
Page 370: ...330 Chapter 6 Drawing Management ...
Page 440: ...400 Chapter 8 Drawing Compare ...
Page 528: ...488 Chapter 10 Display System ...
Page 540: ...500 Chapter 11 Style Manager ...
Page 612: ...572 Chapter 13 Content Creation Guidelines ...
Page 613: ...Conceptual Design 2 573 ...
Page 614: ...574 Chapter 14 Conceptual Design ...
Page 678: ...638 Chapter 16 ObjectViewer ...
Page 683: ...Designing with Architectural Objects 3 643 ...
Page 684: ...644 Chapter 18 Designing with Architectural Objects ...
Page 788: ...748 Chapter 18 Walls ...
Page 942: ...902 Chapter 19 Curtain Walls ...
Page 1042: ...1002 Chapter 21 AEC Polygons ...
Page 1052: ...Changing a door width 1012 Chapter 22 Doors ...
Page 1106: ...Changing a window width 1066 Chapter 23 Windows ...
Page 1172: ...1132 Chapter 24 Openings ...
Page 1226: ...Using grips to change the flight width of a spiral stair run 1186 Chapter 25 Stairs ...
Page 1368: ...Using the Angle grip to edit slab slope 1328 Chapter 28 Slabs and Roof Slabs ...
Page 1491: ...Design Utilities 4 1451 ...
Page 1492: ...1452 Chapter 30 Design Utilities ...
Page 1536: ...1496 Chapter 31 Layout Curves and Grids ...
Page 1564: ...1524 Chapter 32 Grids ...
Page 1611: ...Documentation 5 1571 ...
Page 1612: ...1572 Chapter 36 Documentation ...
Page 1706: ...Stretching a surface opening Moving a surface opening 1666 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1710: ...Offsetting the edge of a window opening on a freeform space surface 1670 Chapter 36 Spaces ...
Page 1956: ...1916 Chapter 42 Fields ...
Page 2035: ...Properties of a detail callout The Properties of a Callout Tool 1995 ...
Page 2060: ...2020 Chapter 45 Callouts ...
Page 2170: ...2130 Chapter 47 AEC Content and DesignCenter ...
Page 2171: ...Other Utilities 6 2131 ...
Page 2172: ...2132 Chapter 48 Other Utilities ...
Page 2182: ...2142 Chapter 51 Reference AEC Objects ...
Page 2212: ...2172 Chapter 52 Customizing and Adding New Content for Detail Components ...
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