Chapter 4
Working with Parts
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Mouse Wheel
—If your mouse has a center wheel, you can use it
to zoom in and out on the part.
–
Scroll bars
—When the part has been enlarged beyond the borders
of the
Preview
area, scroll bars appear that you can move in the
usual manner to locate the desired section of a part.
In addition, there are two functions that allow you to control the
information that appears in the
Database
and
Parts
panels:
•
The
Filter
drop-down list allows you to display only PCB parts,
custom PAD shapes, net bridges or CAD parts in the
Parts
panel.
•
The
Show subtree contents
checkbox lets you control the display of
the subtree contents from the
Database
panel.
Working with Database Categories
To make parts in the database easier to locate, the database organizes them
into categories and sub-categories. You can expand and collapse the
categories and sub-categories in the
Database Manager
just as you would
in similar Windows applications: click the plus (
+
) to expand a category or
subcategory, and click the minus (
-
) to collapse it.
While there are default categories and sub-categories, you can create new
ones if necessary. These are stored in the
User Database
.
You can copy any database category and its contents to another category or
sub-category. The sub-categories that appear by default cannot be deleted,
renamed, or moved, but you can delete, rename, or move the ones that you
have added.
Complete the following steps to create a new database category:
1.
Open the
Database Manager
.
2.
In the
Database
panel, click the root or a subcategory to indicate
where the new category belongs. The new category will be created as
a sub-category of the item you select.
3.
Click the
New
button above the
Database
panel. A new category is
created with
New Object-Group
as the name.
4.
Type a name for the new category and press E
NTER
.
Complete the following steps to copy a database category:
1.
In the
Database
panel, select the category to be copied.
2.
Click the
Copy
button above the
Database
panel. The
Select
Destination in Database
dialog box appears.
