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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.

Parent topic: Panel Layout Tutorial
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