Data Management - Installed Libraries
Created: Grudzień 16, 2024 | Updated: Sierpień 09, 2018
Parent page: IntegratedLibrary Preferences
Summary
The Data Management – Installed Libraries page of the Preferences dialog provides controls to manage the Installed Libraries list. The libraries defined in this list are part of the CircuitStudio environment, and so components/models within are available to all open projects.
Access
The Data Management – Installed Libraries page is part of the main Preferences dialog (File |
) and is accessed by clicking the Installed Libraries entry under the Data Management folder in the left hand pane of the dialog.Options/Controls
Installed Libraries
This region presents a list of installed libraries that are available to your design projects in CircuitStudio. The following supported library types can be added to the list:
- Integrated Library
- Schematic Library
- PCB 2D/3D Component Model Library
For each entry in the list, the following information is presented:
- Installed Libraries - the name of the library with extension.
- Activated - use this control to determine whether the library is activated, and therefore, available for use (enabled) or deactivated, and therefore, not available for use (disabled). A deactivated library is treated as though it had been uninstalled but remains in the installed library so it can be quickly re-activated.
- Path - where the library resides. This is the path to the library relative to the nominated path specified in the Library Path Relative To field.
- Type - the library's type.
Additional Controls
- Library Path Relative To - any libraries added to the Installed Libraries list are installed relative to the folder specified in this field. Click on the browse folder icon to browse to the required folder or enter the path to it directly. For a default installation of CircuitStudio, library paths are relative to the following folder: \Users\Public\Documents\Altium\CS\Library.
- Move Up - click this button to move the selected library upward in the list (where possible).
- Move Down - click this button to move the selected library downward in the list (where possible).
- Install - click this button to access a menu offering the following installation command:
- Install from file - choose this command to access a standard Open dialog, from where you can browse to and open the required standard, file-based library type (*.IntLib, *.SchLib, *.PcbLib).
- Remove - click this button to remove the currently selected library(ies) from the list (select multiple libraries in the list using standard multi-select controls (Ctrl+click, Shift+click)).