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Component(s) Update Options
Created: February 15, 2018 | Updated: February 21, 2018
| Applies to versions: 18.0, 18.1, 19.0 and 19.1
Now reading version 19. For the latest, read: Component(s) Update Options for version 21
The Components Update Options dialog
Summary
The dialog is used to 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 Footprints section of the PCB Library panel, right-click on a footprint then select Update PCB with [component name] or Update PCB with All from the 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.