Actually my intention is to provide a simple (riiight) tool for my users that would allow them to browse through and select details to insert into Autocad in a simpler fashion than what they do now.
My vision is to have a combobox with the different types of details listed, a listbox with the different details under each type listed and a very large preview window than will allow the user to look at the details quickly and easily to determine if it is the one that they want.
Many of our details are similar. For instance: The detail we have showing a typical receptacle connection is identical to the detail we have showing a typical isolated ground receptacle connection except for, you guessed it, the isolated ground. And looking at a thumbnail of each of those details just doesn't cut it.
Right now, what we do, is flip through a book that has most of our details printed out on 8-1/2 x 11 sheets with the names of the drawings written on the bottom. When they find the detail they want they insert it into Autocad by selecting the drawing name from the appropriate folder. So finding a detail and inserting it into a drawing can take, sometimes, 10 minutes.
I'd like to cut that time down.
So, basically, I'm going for an electronic version of our detail book that can be updated/added to/modified easily.