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ActiveBOM_Dlg-PcbSourceSelectionDialogChoose PCB to Use_AD
Created: September 05, 2017 | Updated: März 06, 2024
| Applies to versions: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 4
Now reading version 1.1. For the latest, read: ActiveBOM_Dlg-PcbSourceSelectionDialog((Choose PCB to Use))_AD for version 5
The Choose PCB to Use dialog
Summary
The Choose PCB to Use dialog is used to select which PCB parameters are to be made available in an ActiveBOM when a PCB project includes more than one PCB file.
Access
The dialog is accessed by clicking 
in the Sources region on the Columns tab of the ActiveBOM Properties panel.
Options/Controls
- PCB Files - this is a list of all PCB files detected in the current PCB project. Select the PCB to use then click OK. The following PCB-specific parameters will be extracted from that PCB and presented in the Columns list, ready to be included in ActiveBOM.
- Center-X (Mil) - geometric center of the component
- Center-Y (Mil)
- Center-X (mm)
- Center-Y (mm)
- Layer
- Pad-X (Mil) - location of Pad 1
- Pad-Y (Mil)
- Pad-X (mm)
- Pad-Y (mm)
- Ref-X (Mil) - location of component reference point (as defined in the PCB library editor)
- Ref-Y (Mil)
- Ref-X (mm)
- Ref-Y (mm)
- Rotation