replacing properties of identical parts?
Posted: 18 Oct 2018, 09:47
This has probably been answered before, but I could not find anything that exactly matched my situation (which I realize may mean a bad search on my part since this would seem to be a common issue?).
Let me start by saying all parts in my schematic have a custom (manufacturer-specific, not supplier-specific) "PartNumber" so that I could export a BOM usable directly for Digikey ordering. I also try to fill in the standard Manufacturer and Datasheet fields since it is VERY useful to be able to pull up a datasheet for a suspect part this way.
So here's my situation: I have a number of capacitors that are now unavailable at either Digikey or Mouser. I can find replacements of the same size, so all I need to do is a bulk replace of the custom "PartNumber" (and std manufacturer and datasheet) fields of matching parts.
I see that I can select multiple components on a sheet and clicking in a field of the top-right 'Parts:' menu brings up a spreadsheet by which I can edit <certain> properties of all selected parts on the given page. Not visible in the spreadsheet are Datasheet and Manufacturer! So I seem to have to edit these manually on a per-part basis!
I can select multiple parts and do an update from library, but I don't have a library part for each value of 0603 capacitor, so this method does not work. Normally (for example) I simply place "CAP 0603" multiple times and edit the property fields as necessary to customize to exact value, manufacturer, partnumber, etc.
I could create a custom library part for each newly-sourced capacitor and then do a "Replace Part...", but I am stuck doing this for each part individually since when I select multiple parts, only the first one is updated. Doing this for 50+ parts is PAINFUL!
Is there an <easy> way to update several properties of multiple parts?
Maybe I have the wrong workflow in the first place? Any suggestions welcomed.
Ted
Let me start by saying all parts in my schematic have a custom (manufacturer-specific, not supplier-specific) "PartNumber" so that I could export a BOM usable directly for Digikey ordering. I also try to fill in the standard Manufacturer and Datasheet fields since it is VERY useful to be able to pull up a datasheet for a suspect part this way.
So here's my situation: I have a number of capacitors that are now unavailable at either Digikey or Mouser. I can find replacements of the same size, so all I need to do is a bulk replace of the custom "PartNumber" (and std manufacturer and datasheet) fields of matching parts.
I see that I can select multiple components on a sheet and clicking in a field of the top-right 'Parts:' menu brings up a spreadsheet by which I can edit <certain> properties of all selected parts on the given page. Not visible in the spreadsheet are Datasheet and Manufacturer! So I seem to have to edit these manually on a per-part basis!
I can select multiple parts and do an update from library, but I don't have a library part for each value of 0603 capacitor, so this method does not work. Normally (for example) I simply place "CAP 0603" multiple times and edit the property fields as necessary to customize to exact value, manufacturer, partnumber, etc.
I could create a custom library part for each newly-sourced capacitor and then do a "Replace Part...", but I am stuck doing this for each part individually since when I select multiple parts, only the first one is updated. Doing this for 50+ parts is PAINFUL!
Is there an <easy> way to update several properties of multiple parts?
Maybe I have the wrong workflow in the first place? Any suggestions welcomed.
Ted