Exporting Hierarchical Components

Electronics Desktop allows you to export hierarchical components, along with their solutions. Click Export to export a hierarchical component in the Library Editor and specify a library name in the Export to user library window to open the Export Hierarchy window.

• The component selected to be exported appears in the top-most row of the window. The library to which it is exported is listed beneath the Library column (in this example, “export2”). To select a different library to export to, click the button in the Library column (in this example, “export2”).
• Dependent definitions appear underneath the top-most row of the window and may also be exported. Definitions that are mandatory for export has an unavailable Export check box.
• You can export a component’s solution by checking its Export group box. At import time, the solution is re-associated with the design.
• Symbols need not be exported, they is auto-generated at import time.
• Each definition is exported as a definition in its own right. That is to say, at import time, using the above example, "Planar EM1" is visible in the "export2" library as a component independent of "Nexxim1".
• Components that originated in libraries (e.g., the "SL_TRL" component) need not be exported. At import time, each library component is retrieved from its original library and re-associated with the design.