Editing Layout Components

All layout components in Maxwell 3D designs have a right-click menu item called Edit Layout....

Once clicked, it opens the design containing the EDB definition of this layout component in a separate project to allow for any editing. Once a layout component is edited, either through a parent 3D layout design or through this feature, all designs of different types that use this component update this component accordingly. If the layout component is encrypted after the editing, it is deleted from all parent designs that are not 3D layout, because encrypted layout components are not currently supported in these designs. The editing is not undoable and should clear the undo stack by saving the parent project after editing.

For example, in an Ansys Electronics Desktop project, multiple designs of different type can have layout components of the same definition. Below is an example project where both a 3D layout design and an HFSS design have a layout component with the definition “Diff_Via_diffViaNominal”.

In addition to editing the source layout design using the Edit Layout command, you can edit the layout component's local definition using the Edit Definition command.

In the definition design, you can edit the layout component however they want. This example adds two more vias on the left and right side as shown in the figure below.

After editing, you can save the definition design, and a dialog opens for you to confirm the changes.

Once the changes are confirmed, both the 3D layout design and the HFSS design containing this layout component update to reflect the changes.

Note that the editing is not undoable. After saving the edit, the parent project is automatically saved, and the undo stack is cleared.

During the editing, you may choose to encrypt the layout component.

If the layout component is encrypted, a dialog with warning messages alerts you about the potential impact to the designs containing this layout component.

After the editing, all encrypted layout components are deleted from parent designs that are not 3D layout, because they are not currently supported in these designs. A warning message appears for each deleted layout component.

Editing Layout Components

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