To access components in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault that were not created by
CircuitWorks, you must add component records to the Component Library manually.
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Ensure that the latest component files are in your SOLIDWORKS PDM local
vault view and that the Component Library component folders point there.
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Use the CircuitWorks Library Component Wizard to import the files into
the Component Library.
CircuitWorks creates a record for each component in the Component
Library.
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Edit the new components as needed.
When importing files,
CircuitWorks uses the file name for both the
Component
Name and
Component Part Number
in the Component Library. Depending on how CircuitWorks is configured to use
component names and part numbers (see
CircuitWorks Options -
Library), you might need to edit the records.
For
example, if you import TO220.SLDPRT
into the Component Library, CircuitWorks assigns TO220 as
both the name and part number. By default, CircuitWorks looks for components in
the Component Library using a combination of name and part number, so if you open
an IDF file in CircuitWorks that contains a component named TO220 with a part number 64332, then the
components do not match. CircuitWorks creates a new component and adds it to the
library.
To ensure that CircuitWorks uses the original TO220 component, you must change the part number to 64332.