Library Update Settings

Parent page: WorkspaceManager Dialogs

Summary

The Library Update Settings dialog enables you to define default update actions with respect to parameters and/or models, for the components enabled in the Update From Library dialog. You can further control which specific parameters and models are included in the update.

Access

Open Update From Library dialog(Tools » Update From Library), click Advanced button in Setting field.

Options/Controls

Parameter Settings

• Library parameters not in sheet - Use the Library parameters not in sheet drop-down, to choose the default update action to be used when the instance of the component in the schematic library has a parameter present, but that parameter is not possessed by the instance of the placed component on the schematic. Three levels of action are available - Add, Do not add and Add if not blank (i.e. the parameter in the library component has a value assigned).
• Sheet parameters not in library - Use the Sheet parameters not in library drop-down, to choose what should happen when the component on the schematic sheet possesses a parameter, but the corresponding component in the source library document does not. There are three levels of action available - Remove, Do not remove and Remove if not blank.
• Parameter to update -  This lists all of the system-level and user-defined parameters present in the design (all components on all schematic documents in the project). Use this list to enable only those parameters to be updated from the specified source schematic libraries.

Model Settings

• Add models found in library but not in sheet -  Enable this option to add a model that exists for a component in the library but not for the placed component on the schematic sheet.
• Remove model found in sheet but not in library -  Enable this option to remove a model that exists in the schematic document but does not exist in the library.
• Update which model are the current models -  Enable this option to update the current models for placed components. For example, an SN7432 on a schematic document may be linked to two PCB footprint models - DIP14 and SIOC14. It's current model might be set to SIOC14. The SN7432 in the library might have its current model set to DIP14. With the option enabled, the current model for the placed component is updated with the corresponding library component's current model.
• Model to Update - This lists all of the models presently defined across all components in the source schematic documents of the project. Models are grouped together by model type - EDIF Macro, (PCB) Footprint, Signal Integrity, Simulation and VHDL. Use this list to enable only those models to be updated from the specified source schematic libraries. You can click on the + or - to expand the model names for each model type, and to toggle the Update of each model in one go, you can click the model type's check-box.