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If you are establishing keynote associations for a number of material definitions that are included with AutoCAD
Architecture, you may find it most efficient to work from the material definitions drawing file (located at C:\Documents
and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Autodesk\ACD-A 2008\enu\Styles).
1 On the Format menu, select Style Manager.
2 In the left pane of the Style Manager, expand Multi-Purpose Objects, and expand Material Definitions.
Locate the material definition for which you want to specify a keynote.
3 Select the desired material definition.
4 On the General tab of the Material Definition Properties dialog box, click Select Keynote.
5 In the Select Keynote dialog box, make sure the correct database is displayed in the Keynote Database field
(if you are using the default keynote databases, it should be Aec Keynote), and then select the desired
keynote from the hierarchical tree view.
6 Click OK twice.
The keynote is specified for the selected material definition and will be used for subsequent keynote
insertions for object components with that material definition.
Specifying Keynotes for Detail Components
Use this procedure to specify a keynote for a detail component. The same procedure applies, whether you are specifying
a keynote association for the first time or changing an existing one. Note, however, that if you change the keynote
association for a detail component, it does not affect previously inserted keynotes for that detail component. Those
detail components must be re-keynoted if you want them to reflect the newly specified keynote.
1 On the Insert menu, select Detail Component Manager.
2 In the Detail Component Manager, make sure the Current detail component database field displays the
correct database.
3 In the hierarchical tree view, select the group that contains the detail component for which you want to
specify a keynote, and then select the detail component in the size table at the bottom of the window.
4 Resize the Detail Component Manager window, or use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window as
necessary so that the Keynote column is visible.
5 Select the Keynote field for the selected detail component, right-click, and click Edit.
6 In the Select Keynote dialog box, make sure the correct database is displayed in the Keynote Database field,
and then select the desired keynote from the hierarchical tree view.
7 Click OK.
The key for the selected keynote is displayed in the Keynote field.
8 Click Close, and click Yes when prompted to save changes.
The keynote is specified for the selected detail component and will be used for subsequent keynote insertions
for that component.
NOTE If no keynote is specified for the detail component, the Select Keynote dialog box is displayed. If a keynote
is specified for the components table or group to which the detail component belongs, the node representing
that group is highlighted within the tree view. Keynotes cannot be specified at the table level using AutoCAD
Architecture functionality. This requires customization of the detail component database using Microsoft
®
Access.
Working with Keynote Databases
Keynotes used in AutoCAD Architecture are stored in Microsoft
®
Access databases. There are two default keynote
databases:
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AecKeynotes: This database is used for keynoting individual detail components and materials according to the
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) MasterFormat 2004 standard.
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AecKeynotes-Assemblies: This database is used for keynoting architectural objects that are assemblies of multiple
components. These keynotes are based on the CSI Uniformat standard.
1972 | Chapter 44 Annotation and Keynoting Tools