Insert Footprint Dialog Box

Inserts a panel footprint you select from the icon menu.

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 Command entry:  AEFOOTPRINT

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.

Note: If the program cannot find any of the icon menu files listed in the .wdp, an alert dialog box appears.

Symbol Preview window

Displays the symbol images corresponding to the menu or the submenu selected in the Menu section. Clicking on the icon performs one of the following functions based on the icon properties as defined by the .dat file:

  • Executes a command
  • Displays a submenu
Note: When you move the cursor over an icon, the icon name and block/circuit/command name display as tooltip information.

Recently Used

Displays the last components inserted during the current editing session; the most recently used icon displays in the top. The list box follows the view options setting in the symbol preview window (icon, icon with text or list view) and 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 (example: 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 schematic

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.

Scale panel

Specifies the footprint 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.

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:

Options for the Symbol Preview window

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