Undesignated Parts Requiring Annotation

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Modified by Phil Loughhead on Feb 20, 2014

This compiler hint appears when a component in the design is found to have a default designator (with a ? suffix) - either it has yet to be annotated or the designator has been reset. The message is displayed in the Messages panel in the following format:

Un-Designated Part PartDesignator,

where

PartDesignator is the default designator for the un-designated part (e.g. U?, D?, C?, etc).

Default Report Mode

Warning

Recommendation

Assign a unique designator to the offending component as required. This can be done manually, by editing the designator, or through use of the Annotate dialog (Tools » Annotate). A number of additional annotation-related commands are also available from the main Tools menu in the Schematic Editor.

Notes

Only one error instance will be listed in the Messages panel for each distinct designator type (C?, U?, S?, etc). Multiple errors may exist.