Vendor Panel Footprint Dialog Box

Find

 Command entry:  AEFOOTPRINTMFG

Select the vendor menu to use and click OK.

Clicking an icon inserts the footprint into the active drawing as defined by the command in the .pnl file.

Tabs	Menu: Changes the visibility of the Menu tree view. Up one level: Displays the menu that is one level before the current menu in the Menu tree view. It is unavailable if the main menu is selected in the Menu tree view. Views: Changes the view display for the Symbol Preview window and Recently Used window. The current view option is indicated with a check mark. Options include: Icon with text, Icon only or List view.
Menu	The tree structure is created by reading the icon menu file (*.dat). The tree structure is based on the arrangement order of submenus defined in the .dat file.
Symbol Preview window	Displays the symbol images corresponding to the menu or the submenu selected in the Menu section. Clicking on the icon inserts the footprint into the active drawing as defined by the command in the .pnl file.
Recently Used	Displays the last components inserted during the current editing session; the most recently used icon displays in the top. This list box follows the view options setting in the symbol preview window (icon, icon with text or list view). The total number of icons displayed depends on the value specified in the Display edit box.
Display	Specifies the number of icons to display in the Recently Used list box. Enter integer numbers only; the default value is 10.
No edit dialog box	Turns off the Insert/Edit Component dialog box when inserting symbols onto the drawing. To add component detail later, click the Edit Component tool, and select the component to edit.
No tag	Inserts the component, untagged (that is, without assigning a unique Component Tag). The untagged value that displays is the TAG1/TAG2 default value of the component. To add component detail later, click the Edit Component tool, and select the component to edit.
Always display previously used menu	Indicates to display the previously used menu each time you open the Insert Component dialog box. For example, if you insert a push button from the Push Buttons menu, the next time you open the Insert Component dialog box the Push Button menu displays by default.
Scale	Specifies the component block insertion scale. This defaults to the value set in the Panel Drawing Configuration dialog box. Once set, this value is remembered until reset or until the drawing editing session ends. There are separate scale factors for schematic and panel components.
Vendor Menu Select	Displays the Vendor Menu Selection dialog box.
Type it	Manually type in the component block to insert.
Browse	Browses to and selects the component to insert.

Right-click menus

Options for the Menu tree structure view

Right-click the main menu or submenu in the Menu tree structure view to display the following options:

• Expand/Collapse: Toggles the visibility of the folders.
• Properties: Opens a Properties dialog box to modify the existing menu or submenu properties like the menu name, image, or submenu title. Use the Icon Menu Wizard to change any menu properties.

Options for the Symbol Preview window

Right-click an icon or in empty space in the Symbol Preview window to display the following options:

• View: Changes the view display for the Symbol Preview window and Recently Used window. The current view option is indicated with a check mark. Options include: Icon with text, Icon only or List view.
• Properties: (available for icons only) Opens a Properties dialog box to modify the existing symbol icon properties like the icon name/image/block names and so on. Use the Icon Menu Wizard to change any icon properties.