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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  1. 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.
  2. Select a component Filter Type:
    • Part: Select component by part name.
    • Ref: Select component by reference name.
    • DB: Select component from database.
  3. 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....
    1. Select a component on the current working schematic. Components with the same part name are automatically selected.
    2. Click OK to create the group.
    To select components from a list, click Select from Component List....
    1. In the Select Component From List dialog, select a part name from the Part Name list table.
    2. Click Add.
    3. 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....
    1. In the File explorer, select the .txt DB file, and then click Open.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 .txt database file to create and manage component groups.

  1. Click Edit DB to open a new dialog.
  2. Click Add in the Edit DB dialog opens a file selection dialog in which an existing DB file can be selected.
    Note: 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.
    Figure 2.


    Note: 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
    • Comment
  3. Add components through one of the following methods:
    • Select Naming: Method to import components using [Naming] List.
      Note: Components can be added to a group by using naming list such part name or reference designator.
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      1. When an empty raw is double-clicked, a Select Component from List dialog opens.

      2. 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.
      3. Click OK to create the component group.
    • Select Filter: Method to import components using [Filter] – Prefix, Mid-String, Postfix.
      1. 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.
      2. Click OK to create the component group.
      Figure 5.


    • Select Comment: Method to import components using [Comment] filter.
      1. 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.
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      2. Click OK to create the component group.
  4. Click OK to import the DB file component groups.
Note: Perform Load Component Groups using an excel file next.

Component Group Setup using Excel

Load component groups using an excel file.

Before you begin:

A database file should first be imported.
Note: Refer toComponent Group Setup using Database to import a .txt database file.

Excel File Filtering Logic

The current operation logic is as follows:

  • Filtering Conditions
    Note: Each column in the Excel file is independent and does not have dependencies on other columns.
    Table 1. Filtering Conditions
    Filtering Condition Description
    AND & AND Since there is no common selection criteria that forms an intersection, no results are returned.
    AND & OR
    • The OR filter condition is applied first to find all relevant Nets in the current sheet.
    • Then, the AND filter condition is applied to check if there is an intersection with the Nets found in the OR condition.
    OR & AND
    • This follows the same logic as case a.
    • The OR filter condition identifies all relevant Nets in the current sheet.
    • The AND filter condition is then applied to find the intersection.
  • Filtering Strategy
    • Using only an AND condition at the beginning may result in no selection, leading to an empty result.
    • To avoid this, start with an OR condition to define an initial selection, then use AND conditions to refine the results.
  1. Click Import Excel to open a new dialog and select excel file.
  2. Click Open. The net group list is filled automatically.
    Note: The default Excel filter file for Component and Net setup is provided at the following path : C:\ProgramData\altair\PollEx\<Version>\Data\Excel-Report\CompNetGroup_LDFE.xlsx

Component Group Type Setup

There are three component group setup types: Part, DB, and Reference types.

In the Component Group Type section, select a type.
  • 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.

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Direct Component Select: Selecting components on current working schematic, those components which are having same part name are selected.
Figure 9. Direct Component Select Mode


Figure 10. Completion of Direct


As shown in Figure 9, 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 logic_dfe_component_group_type_setup_r.htm#logic_dfe_component_group_setup_database_t__fig_apk_pp2_qtb.

In case of Ref type, setup procedure is the same as Part type. But the reference list will be displayed.
  • 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.
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  • Delete Selected Comp Group Item: Unnecessary components groups may be removed by choosing a Delete Selected Comp Group Item option.