Save library, can be a temporary library just for the purpose of updating partsĦ. Modify the fields of interest for the NEW part.Ĥ. Now a workaround for you can be like this.ģ. Yes, it does take a little more effort upfront but the return on investment is huge in terms of time savings more importantly avoiding problems down the road. Now, creating 10x different value 0603 CAP is piece of cake. However, if I need 0603 CAP, I would copy that part to my own custom library and modify its symbol (optional) and verify footprint for a minimum. Similar to other CAD tools, DipTrace comes with extensive library support which is helpful. You can specify default component properties to display using View->Part Marking->Main and View->Part Marking->Additional. When I first migrated to DipTrace, I had ZERO parts. For that and other reasons, I maintain a custom library with all projects parts that I have created as I need them.
I don't think there is a way around manually editing individual components fields with your current workflow. All the components I use in Diptrace are custom, and they have properties such as: Designator : Q5, Value MJE15028, OutlineTO-220AB. Not sure if this is relevant for you anymore, here is my 2 cents. Maybe I have the wrong workflow in the first place? Any suggestions welcomed.
Diptrace component properties update#
Is there an way to update several properties of multiple parts? I could create a custom library part for each newly-sourced capacitor and then do a "Replace Part.", but I am stuck doing this for each part individually since when I select multiple parts, only the first one is updated. Normally (for example) I simply place "CAP 0603" multiple times and edit the property fields as necessary to customize to exact value, manufacturer, partnumber, etc. I can select multiple parts and do an update from library, but I don't have a library part for each value of 0603 capacitor, so this method does not work. Not visible in the spreadsheet are Datasheet and Manufacturer! So I seem to have to edit these manually on a per-part basis! I see that I can select multiple components on a sheet and clicking in a field of the top-right 'Parts:' menu brings up a spreadsheet by which I can edit properties of all selected parts on the given page. I can find replacements of the same size, so all I need to do is a bulk replace of the custom "PartNumber" (and std manufacturer and datasheet) fields of matching parts. In the Component Editor click on Help > Component Editor Help then, in the. So here's my situation: I have a number of capacitors that are now unavailable at either Digikey or Mouser. So far this is the only DipTrace documentation I was able to find on the matter.
I also try to fill in the standard Manufacturer and Datasheet fields since it is VERY useful to be able to pull up a datasheet for a suspect part this way. Let me start by saying all parts in my schematic have a custom (manufacturer-specific, not supplier-specific) "PartNumber" so that I could export a BOM usable directly for Digikey ordering. This has probably been answered before, but I could not find anything that exactly matched my situation (which I realize may mean a bad search on my part since this would seem to be a common issue?).
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