User Guide

RequestingtheUpdateMode
CompositionofYourown Libraries
The previously mentioned methods to copy library elements make it
veryeasytocomposeyourownlibrarieswithselectedcontents.
Provided the Control Panel and the Library Editor window are arranged
in a manner that both are visible on the screen at the same time, it is very
easy to make user-defined libraries while browsing through the library
contents in the Control Panel. Simply use Drag&Drop or the context
menu CopytoLibrary ofthecurrentdeviceorpackage.
RemovingandRenamingLibraryElements
Devices, symbols, and packages can be removed from a library with the
REMOVE command. Defining a new library element can't be cancelled
byUNDO.
Example:
Youwouldliketo removethepackagenamedDIL16.
Open the menu Library/Remove.... A dialog window opens where you
canenterthenameoftheelementtobedeleted.
Thiscanbedonealsoatthecommandline:
REMOVEDIL16;
Packages and symbols can be removed only if they are not used in one
of the library’s devices. In this case the message Package is in use! or
Symbol is in use! appears. Remove the corresponding device first or de
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letetheparticularpackageorsymbolinthedevice(set).
Would you like to change the name of an element in your library? Then
usethe RENAMEcommand.
Switch to the Package editing mode so that the element that should be
renamed is shown first and open the menu Library/Rename. A dialog
windowopenswhereyoucanenterthenewnameoftheelement.
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