Data Sheet

Schematic Capture

The new package appears in the Edit Component Dialogue form

You can also see what the default footprint is for a component at the time you

select it from the libraries. At the bottom of the Pick Devices dialogue form a

preview of the footprint is shown for the currently selected component.

For convenience, components in the schematic often have packagings for more than one

footprint. For example, if you launch the Edit Component dialogue form for the dsPIC33

component you will see that you have the option of either an SO18W or a DIL18 footprint. In this

case the designer can simply change the footprint if required via the Edit Component dialogue

form.

To change a package on a component

Launch the Edit Component dialogue form by right clicking on the resistor and selecting

Edit Properties from the resulting context menu.

Click on the question mark to the right of the package property to launch the footprint

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