User`s guide

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32 Creatin
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and Editin
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Models
Start the model editor.
2
Create or load a symbol definition.
3
From the Edit menu, click Attribute.
a
Make sure that your symbol has a MODEL attribute and
an assigned value.
b
Change the PART attribute value as needed to match
the model name.
c
Click OK.
4
From the Edit menu, select Model.
5
Click Edit Model (Text).
The model editor searches the configured model libraries for the
model.
• If found, the model editor opens the library containing the
original model and displays the definition in the edit area.
• If not found, the model editor assumes that this is a new
model and displays an empty edit area.
Savin
g
g
lobal models
When you save your edits, the following is done for you to make
sure the symbol saved to the symbol library and new model
definition are linked and available to any schematic:
• The model editor saves the model definition to
symbol_library_name.lib.
• If the library is new, the model editor configures it for global
use.
• The symbol editor assigns the new model name to the
MODEL attribute for the symbol in the library.
To save models created in the s
y
mbol editor
1
In the model editor window, click OK when you have
finished editing the model.
Once you have started the model
editor, you can proceed to
chan
g
e the text as described in
Changing Model Properties on
p
a
g
e4-30.
To find out how Schematics
searches the library, see
Changing Model Library Search
Order on page 4-45.
If you want to save the model to
a different library, then
1
In the Library text box in the
Save To frame, type a
different name.
The model editor still
automatically confi
g
ures the
model library as
g
lobal.