Data Sheet

Schematic Capture

The BOM updates live with any changes in the schematic

This process can of course be repeated as required with other properties such as RoHS, MoQ,

Lead Time, etc. More practical examples and detail can be found in the Bill of Materials

reference manual (accessed via the Help Menu in BOM Module).

Note that property changes are applied locally to the schematic components and

not to the library parts. If you want to update your parts with newly entered

information then run the 'Compile to Library' command from the Library menu. This

will put all components in the design (along with their new properties!) into a library

of your choice.

Having configured the information on the BOM you can generate the report from the export

options from the icons at the top.

Export options for the BOM

It is beyond the scope of this tutorial but you also have full control of the colour and styling of

the report. This works via the customize stylesheet button at the top of the HTML view and is

discussed in detail in the BOM Reference manual.

Printing

To print the schematic, first select the correct device to print to using the Printer Setup

command on the File menu. This activates the Windows common dialogue for printer device

selection and configuration. The details are thus dependent on your particular version of

Windows and your printer driver - consult Windows and printer driver documentation for details.

When you have selected the correct printer, close the dialogue form and select the Print option

on the File menu to print your design. There are a number of options available on this dialogue

form, all of which have context sensitive help and are also discussed in more detail in the

reference manual under Hard Copy Generation. For our purposes we will simply center the

schematic output on the page and print. Do this now by right clicking on the Print Preview and

selecting the Position Output at Center option as shown below.