Understanding Manufacturer Parts

Manufacturer parts are managed within a catalog. You can add to this catalog to meet your needs. Every component managed within SOLIDWORKS Electrical can have one or more manufacturer parts associated with it. When a manufacturer part is associated with a component, the drawing is automatically updated, including the cross references and material terminal numbers on the symbols.

Option	Description
Search	Searches a manufacturer part in the library.
Create manufacturer part	Creates a new manufacturer part and associates it to the element. The new manufacturer part is saved in the library.
Create Electrical assembly	Creates a new electrical assembly and associates it with the element. The new electrical assembly can be saved in the library.
Delete	Removes the selected manufacturer part associated with the element.
Properties	Opens the properties of the selected manufacturer part.
Move Up Move Down	Changes the order of the associated manufacturer parts.

If the element contains circuits (component), the following features appear in the dialog box.

Option	Description
Edit Terminals	Edits the material terminal of the selected circuit.
Add virtual circuits	Adds a virtual circuit to the component.
Delete Virtual Circuit	Deletes the selected virtual circuit.
Switch Symbol Ciruit	Switches two identical circuits.
Dissociate Symbol Circuit	Resets the circuit association.
Move Up Move Down	Changes the order of the virtual circuits.