| ECAD Component
Name |
The name of the component.
Used by CircuitWorks to determine if a component is unique.
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| ECAD Part
Number |
The component part number.
Might be used by CircuitWorks
(with
the component name) to determine if a component is unique.
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| Device
Class |
The Electronic Component Type or Standard Classification of the
component.
Examples of device classes are Capacitor, Diode, Transistor,
Fuse, and Filter.
For older library parts already present for ECAD files in
install_dir\CircuitWorksFull\Examples, the reference
designator prefix is used as the Device Class.
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| ECAD Component
Type |
The component type: Electrical or Mechanical.
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| ECAD Component
Height |
The height of the component.
A non-zero height
ensures
that CircuitWorks models the components in 3D rather than as 2D sketches.
CircuitWorks shows zero-height components with a
 icon in the tree and uses wireframe
rather than solid in the preview image. |
| Build
Status |
Specifies how CircuitWorks builds this component:
- Build New - The
component part is not in the Component Library, so
CircuitWorks creates a new SOLIDWORKS model and adds it to the library.
- From Library -
CircuitWorks uses the existing model from the Component Library.
To replace an existing library model, change From Library to Build
New.
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| SOLIDWORKS
component |
The path to the component part or assembly file, including the
name of the part (*.SLDPRT)
or assembly (*.SLDASM)
file.
The default path is C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\CircuitWorks\Components.
Click Browse for
component
 to select the component file,
which supplies both the Component Filename
and Component Path
values.
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| SOLIDWORKS
Configuration |
The configuration of the SOLIDWORKS model. If (Last Saved), CircuitWorks uses the configuration
that the model was last saved in.
An icon appears next to the field:
 The part has user
configurations.
The part has only default configurations.
If the SOLIDWORKS model has only one configuration,
select (Last Saved) to improve
CircuitWorks performance.
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| Reference designator
prefix |
Specifies the letter prepended to reference designators for new
instances of this component.
For example, if your Reference
designator prefix is C, the
software assigns the reference designator C1 to the first capacitor and C2 to the
second capacitor when you export the model to SOLIDWORKS.
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| X, Y and Z
Offsets |
Specifies the position offset values to adjust the position of a
pre-existing component model (not created by CircuitWorks). For example, you can
change a center-origin component model to a pin-one origin model by entering the
measured X, Y, and Z offset values from the center of the model to the pin-one
location. The X and Y values are relative to the
component's coordinate system, not the board's.
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| Rotation |
Specifies a
rotation-offset
value (in degrees) to adjust the rotation of a preexisting component model (not
created by CircuitWorks). Positive rotations are
counterclockwise
and
negative
rotations are clockwise.
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| Orientation |
Specifies an orientation to override the alignment of a
pre-existing component model (not created by CircuitWorks). The alignment ensures
that CircuitWorks inserts the component into the SOLIDWORKS assembly correctly.
CircuitWorks creates new component models using the default orientation (see CircuitWorks Options - Models).
The icon shows how the component
appears
in the SOLIDWORKS isometric view.
Valid orientations:
- Modelled off Front (XY)
Plane (Positive)
- Modelled off Top (XZ)
Plane (Positive)
- Modelled off Right (YZ)
Plane (Positive)
- Modelled off Front (XY)
Plane (Negative)
- Modelled off Top (XZ)
Plane (Negative)
- Modelled off Right (YZ)
Plane (Negative)
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