Component Group Type Setup
Create and manage user-defined groups by selecting components from a component list, selecting components by clicking in a graphical design display, importing from a DB file, or importing from an Excel file.
Component Group Setup
Create and manage component groups.
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To add a new component group, enter a desired group number, and then click
Add Groups.
It will create a new group raw in the table.
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Select a component Filter Type:
- Part: Select component by part name.
- Ref: Select component by reference name.
- DB: Select component from database.
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Right-click under Filter/DB File Path to define the
component selection method for each Filter Type:
- Part
- To select components using a graphic display, click
Direct Component Select....
- Select a component on the current working schematic. Components with the same part name are automatically selected.
- Click OK to create the group.
- Ref
- In case of Ref type, setup procedure is the same as Part type, but the Reference list will be displayed instead.
- DB
- To import components groups from a database, click Select
Component DB File....
- In the File explorer, select the .txt DB file, and then click Open.
- Optional:
Save To Component DB File...: Save a list of parts that
was selected using the one or both methods described above into a text form DB
file with an extension *.txt.
Note: This option is only available for Part and Ref filter types.
- Optional: Delete Selected Comp Group Item: Unnecessary components groups may be removed by choosing a Delete Selected Comp Group Item option.
Component Group Setup using Database
Import a DB .txt file to create and manage component groups.
- Click Edit DB to open a new dialog.
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Click Add in the Edit DB dialog
opens a file selection dialog in which an existing DB file can be selected. To
make a new DB file, after moving to the directory to save the DB file, enter a
new DB file name and click Open.
DB file names are displayed with their full paths. A new DB file has no components in it. Adding components (assigning components to a group) can be done by using detail filters: Naming, Filter, and Comment.
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Add components through one of the following methods:
- Select Naming: Method to import components using [Naming] List. Components can be added to a group by using naming list such part name or reference designator.
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- When an empty raw is double-clicked, a Select Component from List dialog opens.
- When there are many names, a desired component can be searched by entering a part of the name or a key word in the search input box in the middle of the dialog below the Not Selected List text. If a desired component name is visible, highlight the name then click Add.
- Click OK to create the component group.
- Select
Filter: Method to import components using
[Filter] – Prefix, Mid-String, Postfix.
- In this task, Filter is a text string that is commonly used in target components. For example, if user specifies text with KOA and filter type with Prefix, program selects all components with the prefix.
- Click OK to create the component group.
- Select
Comment: Method to import components using
[Comment] filter.
- Components can be added to a group by using their properties or comments. For example, to choose properties, R and VR-1, use AND combination to get components from list.
- Click OK to create the component group.
- Click OK to import the DB file component groups.
Component Group Type Setup
There are three component group setup types: Part, DB, and Reference types.
- Part: You can select component by part name.
- Reference: You can select component by reference name.
- DB: You can select component from database.
In case of Part type, you can use Direct Component Select option to select component from a graphical display of design. With this method, components are classified with part names only. Another selection type is Select from Component List to select components from a component list table. Another selection type is Save To List to save a list of parts that was selected using the one or both methods described above into a text form DB file with an extension *.txt.
As shown in Figure 10, select components from a graphics display. Then the program searches and adds components that are the same part. Click OK to create a new group with the selected components. At this point, components can also be selected by selecting a part name from the part name table.
Select from Component List: Components can be selected by selecting a part name from the part name list table in the Select From Component from List dialog by following the similar procedure that was described earlier for Figure 5.
- Save To Component DB File: Save a list of parts that was selected using the one or both methods described above into a text form DB file with an extension *.txt.
- Selected Comp DB File: The saved DB file can also be used in other menus, Edit DB to edit or Select Component DB File to choose components.
- Delete Selected Comp Group Item: Unnecessary components groups may be removed by choosing a Delete Selected Comp Group Item option.