Altium Designer Documentation
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Dialog Reference
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Component Search
This document is no longer available beyond version 21.0. Information can now be found here: Custom BOM Items and Columns for version 25
The Component Search dialog
Summary
The Component Search dialog provides direct access to all available server-based managed components and file-based library components. The dialog offers full details of the selected component (Parameters, Models, Part Choices, Supplier data, etc.,), component comparison, and for Managed Components, a filter-based parametric search capability for specifying target component parameters.
Access
The dialog is accessed from an ActiveBOM document (*.BomDoc) by clicking on the Add new button, then choosing the Managed component entry from the menu.
- Search - use the search text box to manually search for a specific component.
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- click to access a menu and select from:
- File-based Libraries Preferences - click to open the Available File-based Libraries dialog to add or remove libraries.
- File-based Libraries Search - click to open the File-based Libraries Search dialog to search for libraries.
- Refresh - click to refresh the dialog.
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- click to open/close the Details region of the dialog (described below).
Categories
Use this filter to show certain types of components, or to display all available components. Use 
to access the Categories search bar, which allows you to manually search for a specific component or .IntLib file.
Filters
Click the Filters icon ( 
) to open the Filters region, where you can further filter the categories that are selected in the Components list.
Components
- Name - the name of the component.
- Description - the description of each component.
- Footprint - the footprint of the component.
- Operating Temperature Range - the appropriate temperature range in which these components operate.
- Package Description - the package description of the component.
- Manufacturer Part Search - click to open the Manufacturer Part Search panel to search for and choose the most suitable component part.
- Create component - click to open the Create new component dialog to select the type of component.
- Results - lists the total number of components found/listed in the search.
Details
to display the Details region for the selected component.- Component Revision ID - lists the Revision ID and price of a given component. Click the Revision ID to open the Explorer panel for further information regarding a component.
- References - click to open reference information in a web browser for the component. Use the drop-down to access the Manufacturer URL or Datasheet.
- Place - click to place the selected component on a schematic document.
- Component information - lists relevant information about the component, including manufacturer, release date, and descriptive information. Click the Show More link to view all information; click Show Less to collapse the information.
- Models - expand to view the provided models. Use the available links to display various parts of a single model.
- References - expand to access the Manufacturer URL or Datasheet.
- Part Choices - expand to view the part choices. A name, price, and description is provided. The Datasheet of the component also will be listed.
- Where Used - expand to view the projects that utilize the component.
Right-Click Menu
- Place <component> - click to place the component in the appropriate document.
- Edit - click to open the selected component's Component Library Documents.
- Navigate to <revision> - click to open the selected component within the Explorer panel.
- Operations - hover to access the ability to Submit Request, Create, Download, Clone, Change Component Type, Create / Edit PCL, and Full Item History.
- Refresh - click to refresh to view recent updates or edits. You may also refresh by using the F5 shortcut.