Adding nameplate footprints

Add nameplates to the panel layout and link them to existing component footprints.

Nameplates can be inserted from the main panel icon menu or from a vendor menu.

Insert an automotive type nameplate

1. Click Panel tabInsert Component Footprints panelInsert Footprints drop-downIcon Menu. Find
2. In the Insert Footprint: Panel Layout Symbols dialog box, click Nameplates.
3. In the Panel: Nameplates dialog box, click Nameplate, Catalog Lookup.
4. In the Nameplate dialog box, Choice A section, click Catalog Lookup.
5. On the Catalog Browser dialog box, enter the search string AB 800T Automotive.
6. Click .
7. Change the catalog assignment to 800T-X701 Red Blank Name Plate and click OK.
8. In the Nameplate dialog box, Choice A section, verify:

   Manufacturer:  AB

   Catalog:  800T-X701

   Click OK.

9. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Select objects:  Select PB403 (1), right-click to the place the nameplate

   

   As you select each footprint to insert, the nameplate block inserts. The Panel Layout - Nameplate Insert/Edit dialog box displays where you can annotate the nameplate and assign a BOM item number if needed.

10. In the Panel Layout - Nameplate Insert/Edit dialog box, click OK.

Note: A tag name links the data on the nameplate a tag name to the footprint and to the schematic component of the same name. Changing the tag name of any of these three representations triggers a prompt for permission to update the other related instances.

Insert a half round nameplate

1. Click Panel tabInsert Component Footprints panelInsert Footprints drop-downIcon Menu. Find
2. In the Insert Footprint: Panel Layout Symbols dialog box, click Nameplates.
3. In the Panel: Nameplates dialog box, click Nameplate, Catalog Lookup.
4. In the Nameplate dialog box, Choice A section, click Catalog Lookup.
5. On the Catalog Browser dialog box, enter the search string AB 800T.
6. Click .
7. Change the catalog assignment to 800T-X59E Gray Custom Text Name Plate and click OK.
8. In the Nameplate dialog box, Choice A section, verify:

   Manufacturer:  AB

   Catalog:  800T-X59E

   Click OK.

9. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Select objects:  Select PB403A (2), right-click to place the nameplate

   
10. In the Panel Layout - Nameplate Insert/Edit dialog box, click OK.

    The nameplate is inserted.