renew vs update - Manufacturer property

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Tomg
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renew vs update - Manufacturer property

#1 Post by Tomg » 10 Sep 2020, 05:22

Try the following exercise to see a Renew vs Update inconsistency for the Manufacturer property in the PCB Layout editor...

1) Place a custom component that uses a generic pattern into a new schematic. By generic pattern I mean a pattern that has no name specified for the "Manufacturer" property (blank) in its pattern library. However, make sure the component has a name specified in the "Manufacturer" property in its component library.

2) Save the new schematic and generate a new PCB layout from it.

3) In the PCB Layout editor run the Renew Layout from Schematic tool using the By Components... option, double-click on the component and observe that the Manufacturer field in the Component Properties dialog window is blank.

4) Close the Component Properties dialog window, right-click on the component, run the Update from Library tool using the Selected Components option, double-click on the component and observe that the Manufacturer field in the Component Properties dialog window is now filled in.

5) Close the Component Properties dialog window, run the Renew Layout from Schematic tool using the By Components... option again, double-click on the component and observe that the Manufacturer field in the Component Properties dialog window is blank once more.

From this behavior it would be easy to conclude that the Renew Layout from Schematic tool is adopting the Manufacturer property from the pattern, and the Update from Library tool is adopting the Manufacturer property from the component. Shouldn't both be adopting the Manufacturer property from the component?
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Re: renew vs update - Manufacturer property

#2 Post by Serg » 10 Sep 2020, 23:22

Thank you for the report. We could reproduce the problem.
We will consider its.

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