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Working with Parts
The following sections explain how to work with parts as you create and
edit designs. It covers the ways that you can place parts on the board, as
well as the tools included to help you with part location and placement. It
also includes information on Ultiboard’s parts database, and editing the
parts in the database and on the board.
Some of the described features may not be available in your edition of
Ultiboard. Refer to the NI Circuit Design Suite Release Notes for a list of
the features in your edition.
Placing Parts
You can place parts on the design:
•
by dragging them from outside the board outline. Refer to the
Dragging Parts from Outside the Board Outline
information.
•
by using the
Spreadsheet View
. Refer to the
section for more information.
•
by importing a netlist. Refer to the
Creating a Design from a Netlist
section of Chapter 2,
, for more information.
•
by selecting parts from the database. Refer to the
Note
Before placing a part, make sure that you are on the layer where the part is to be
placed. Refer to the
section of Chapter 3,
, for more
information.
Dragging Parts from Outside the Board Outline
By default, parts are placed outside the board outline when you open a
netlist from Multisim or another schematic capture program. These can be
dragged to the appropriate location on the board.
