User Guide

Placing and Editing Parts

• Right-click to stop placing the part without placing

an additional part.

The outline changes back to a pointer.

Automatically Assigning Reference Designators

The Auto Naming function is useful for assigning

reference designators to parts as they are placed. The

default starting reference designator number is 1. When

placing resistors, the first one placed is R1, the second R2,

and so on. You can set the starting reference designator to

any number, depending on the way you package or

organize your design.

Enabling Auto Naming of reference designators

1 From the Options menu, select Auto Naming to

display the Auto Naming dialog box.

2 Select the Enable Auto Naming check box.

3 Type a starting designator number if you want the

numbering to start at a number other than one.

4 Click OK.