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Component(s) Update Options
Created: July 28, 2015 | Updated: September 29, 2017
| Applies to versions: 15.1, 16.0, 16.1, 17.0 and 17.1
Now reading version 17.1. For the latest, read: Component(s) Update Options for version 21
The Components Update Options Dialog.
Summary
Specify components primitives and/or attributes to be updated.
Access
This dialog can be accessed from the PCB library editor in the following ways:
- From the Components section of the PCB Library panel, right-click on a component and select Update PCB with [component name] or Update PCB with All from context menu.
- From the main menu, select Tools » Update PCB With Current Footprint.
- From the main menu, select Tools » Update PCB With All Footprints.
Options/Controls
Primitives/Attributes to Update
Text
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On Any Layer - Enable this option to update text on any layer of the PCB.
Other
- On SilkScreen layers - Enable this option to update primitives/attributes on the silkscreen layer.
- On Mechanical layers - Enable this option to update primitives/attributes on the mechanical layer.
- On Other Layers - Enable this option to update primitives/attributes on other layers.
Pad(s) Attributes
- Solder Mask Expansion - Enable this option to update Solder Mask Expansion.
- Paste Mask Expansion - Enable this option to update Paste Mask Expansion.