Placed Parts History

The Placed Parts History dialog.

Summary

This dialog provides the designer with an historical listing of all previously placed schematic parts - placed using the Place Part dialog.

Access

The Placed Parts History dialog is accessed in the Schematic Editor, by clicking the History button in the Place Part dialog.

Options/Controls

• Historical Parts List - this, the main area of the dialog, presents a listing of all previously placed parts, with the most recently placed part at the top of the list. The following information is presented for each listed part:
  • Design Item ID - the name of the physical component. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Physical Component field in the Place Part dialog.
  • Lib. Reference - the name of the logical symbol, which is the symbolic representation of the physical component in the schematic domain. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Logical Symbol field in the Place Part dialog.
• Designator - the designator that was used when the component was placed. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Designator field in the Place Part dialog.
• Comment - the comment that was used when the component was placed. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Comment field in the Place Part dialog.
• Footprint - the footprint model that was chosen to represent the component in the PCB domain. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Footprint field in the Place Part dialog.
• Part ID - for a multi-part component, this field shows the specific part that was placed. For a single part component, this field will simply reflect this with the entry 1. This information comes from/is loaded into, the Part ID field in the Place Part dialog.

• Clear History - click this button to completely flush the history list, removing all entries.