User Guide

Chapter 10 Preparing Your Design for Board Layout
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The COST entries for 10K and 1K resistors would appear
in the component description file as follows:
R,RC05,R1,VALUE,10K
R,RC05,R1,COST,.05
R,RC05,R2,VALUE,1K
R,RC05,R2,COST,.03
Specifying user-defined component attribute descriptions
1 From the File menu, select Reports to display the
Reports dialog box (shown on 10-287
).
2 Click Setup to display the Report Setup dialog box
(shown on 10-288
).
3 In the Component Description File text box, enter the
name of the user defined file that you want to use.
4 Click OK.
5 In the Reports dialog box, click OK.
Exporting to a Spreadsheet or Database Program
The report can be created in a database format so you can
use the report in a spreadsheet program.
Specifying the format of the Bill of Materials report
1 From the File menu, select Reports to display the
Reports dialog box (shown on 10-287
).
2 Click Setup to display the Report Setup dialog box
(shown on 10-288
).
3 In the Print Output Format area, click Database.
Select Database to format the Bill of Materials report
with one attribute name or value pair per entry. This
results in multiple entries for component types with
multiple attributes.
4 Click OK.
5 In the Reports dialog box, click OK.