Creating and Editing Components
Use the Edit Component window to:
- Specify or change the component name, description, associated bitmap, and default property values, including those necessary for netlisting, co-simulation, and Solver-on-Demand operation, as appropriate
- Specify or respecify a graphical symbol to represent the component in the schematic editor
- Specify or change the component terminal properties
- Specify or respecify a footprint to represent the component in the layout editor
The changes you make when creating or editing a library component become part of the current project. The newly edited component is saved to the project, not back to the library. If the edited component is used in any schematics in the project, all default values of any modified parameters are updated immediately.
- To make a new or modified component available for use in other projects, save it to a component library (.aclb) file using the Export command in the Edit Libraries window.
- To update another project with your updated component(s), select its icon in the Project Manager window, then click Project Tools > Update Definitions on the Tools menu.
Note: If you are creating a new component, it
is useful to first identify and, if necessary, create the necessary dependencies
before defining your component. See Component
Creation Process in the introduction for further information.
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