One of the quickest, dirtiest ways is to use the >Place>Update Symbols command. Rename the new footprint the same as the old footprint. Select only the symbol one wants to update in the control form.Hit go.
The gottas will be: 1) dealing with origin issues 2) if the new symbol has a different number pins ( won't work) 3) Bad library names, duplicated. A Second Way Bring the alternate symbol into the database. Make enough copies of the symbol outside the board outline. Use the >Place>Swap>Components Select and swap the alternate with the original symbol. Delete the original symbols that are now outside the board outline. Reassign the ref des using the >Logic>Assign RefDes command. This assumes that the alternate symbol is already part of the netlist. Cons. 1) More Manual, than the placement file modification suggestion 2) Get the correct ref des assigned to the correct swapped out symbol.there will be a DRC indication if the symbol is not in the proper place.
In that case, use the >Place>Swap>Component command again until the DRCs go away. Sometimes, it is nice to have a couple of different ways. Hope this helps. Dave Seymour, CID+ Catapult Communications Inc. 800 Perimeter Park Dr, Suite A Morrisville, NC 27560 Direct: (919)653-4249 Main: (919)653-4180 Fax: (919)653-4297 Dave.seymour@xxxxxxxxxxxx Mark Salberg wrote:
Hello again Gary, Is this another 15.1 issue? I could not get this to work. Steps 1-3 work fine. But step 4 does not. I could not get RMB "alt sym" selection when moving symbol by "symtype".I tried with move by pin 1, user pick, origin and with / without "stretch"Also, I have never been able to select "alt sym" when using temp group. What am I missing? Thanks again for your input! Mark Macindoe, Gary wrote:Hey Mark, So did you get my last post? Did you ever get the searchable PDF to work? So, your latest problem is no big thing! Simply follow the steps below: 1) Get in the Move command 2) In the Find tab at right, in the "Find Buy Name" field, pull-down to "Symtype", then click the More button. 3) In the window that comes up, choose the symbol name (i.e. "0603"), then click OK (all of the chosen symbols in your design will highlight). 4) Now, click on a reference point (all of the symbols are "picked up"), then RMB to "Alt Symbol", then click back on the reference point to set all of the symbols down in their original location. This will only work if you want *all* of a particular symbol type changed to the alternate symbol. If not, you could at least get into the Move command, RMB to Temp Group, select all symbols you want with a click, box or a combination of the two, then RMB to Complete, RMB again to Alt Symbol, then put them down where they were. Good luck! Gary E. MacIndoe PCB Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices Longmont, Colorado amd.com gary.macindoe@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Salberg Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:33 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Globally change to alt symbol across boardCan I change all of my 500 relays to an alternate symbol across the whole board?The only way I can find to do it is thru delete / manual place or Move / select alt sym the place back down. Very very time consuming concidering this can not be done in "stretch mode". All my parts are on a 1 mil grid. HELP! Thanks, Mark ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com ________________________________________________________________________ _____ -----------------------------------------------------------To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith a subject of subscribe or unsubscribeTo view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------_____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. For more information please visit http://www.ers.ibm.com _____________________________________________________________________________-----------------------------------------------------------To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith a subject of subscribe or unsubscribeTo view the archives of this list go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------
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