
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 , 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.