Restructuring the Electrical Component Tree

The electrical component tree is restructured and simplified to display the 2D footprints, 3D parts, and the connection labels associated with a manufacturer part. You can quickly identify these items for a particular manufacturer part in the electrical component tree.

In earlier releases, all the 2D footprints, 3D parts, and the connection labels inserted appeared as subitems in the electrical component tree. You could not distinguish between the 2D footprint and connection labels applicable to a particular manufacturer part.

Components

Under each component, there is a node for each manufacturer part associated with the component and an intermediate node for each symbol (2D footprint or connection label) representing that manufacturer part. The node for each manufacturer part contains all the corresponding 2D footprints, connection labels, and the 3D part or assembly items.

You can control the visibility of the tree items for the manufacturer parts. In the component tree, right-click the top item of the project, select View > Manufacturer part, and choose from the following three options:
  • Hide. Hides the node for manufacturer parts. The tree items relative to the manufacturer parts appear directly under the component.
  • With graphics. Creates intermediate tree items only for the manufacturer parts that have graphics (2D footprints, connection labels, etc.) associated with it. This is the default option.
  • All. Creates items for all the manufacturer parts whether they have graphics associated with them or not.

Locations

An item in the component tree groups all manufacturer parts of the location. The node contains the 2D footprints and the connection labels associated with each manufacturer part associated with the location.

You can right-click the node and select the following:
  • Properties. Opens the Properties dialog box of the selected manufacturer part. If you select several manufacturer parts, the Properties dialog box displays only the common properties.
  • Delete manufacturer parts. Deletes the selected manufacturer parts.

Cabinet Layout

The Intermediate node for location parts is also applicable for the 2D or 3D cabinet layout tree. All the manufacturer parts appear even if they do not have any graphics associated with them.