On 10/12/2017 06:56 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
Kristoffer,
There is no confusion and there is nothing to fix. The document field
is just like any other field. It is initially imported from the library
symbol to the schematic symbol (they are *not* the same nor should they
be) when a symbol is added to the schematic. Once you modify a field in
a schematic symbol it takes precedence over the the field in the library
symbol that was linked when the symbol was added to the schematic. It
But it doesnt? If i set the variable Datasheet, which is mandatory, I do
not get a context menu option to "Open documentation". I am not
complaining about the document field, I am complaining that It is stored
in two different ways, once in the dcm file and once in the library.
Or are you saying that there is a difference between documentation and
datasheet?
has to be this way. You would not want your schematic symbol fields
updated every time the library symbol fields are changed. This only
makes sense for atomic (fully defined ) symbols and would completely
fall apart for generic symbols like op-amps and logic gates. I believe
Orson recently added a tool to refresh the schematic symbol fields with
the linked library symbol fields. I haven't tried it yet but you may
find that useful.
Cheers,
Wayne
On 10/12/2017 9:12 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
Sorry for double messages but one solution could be to use the Library
stored documentation to autofill the FIELD variable IF it is empty. And
then base all the functionality on the field variable?
I could probably fix this if it seems an okay solution to everyone? This
would basically be making the field variable overriding the properties
information. But still not break anything from the libs.
Or should this just be left as is until the new symbool format is
implemented?
On 10/12/2017 03:00 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
Hey!
I noticed today that there are two places to store the datasheet
information, one is in the Mandatory Field "Datasheet", and one is in
the porperty of the part in the lib. These have different
functionality in the schematic editor and in the library part editor.
I think these should somehow be merged or one of them removed. As it
is now, it is a bit confusing with the "Open Documentation" context
menu, and the "Show Datasheet" button in the properties editor.
For me, mergin every functionality into the field variable seems like
the most robust way, since most other tools are using these field
variables and that is the most accesible way, and since the Datasheet
field is mandatory anyway, but can still be empty.
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