

This tab lists all of the installed libraries. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to define the search order of the libraries.Īs a new library is added to the list, its corresponding entry also appears under the associated sub-folder in the Projects panel as a document belonging to that project. PCB3D Model Libraries ( *.PCB3DLib) – legacy only.The following types of library files are supported as project libraries: The Open dialog will appear in which you can browse to and select a library file that you wish to add to the project. To add a library to the project, click the Add Library button. This tab lists all of the libraries that are part of the active project (the project currently selected in the Projects panel). Libraries are searched in the order they appear in the Available Libraries dialog – in the order of the tabs, then in the order of the libraries listed within each tab. Searching occurs when the list is interrogated as part of model-link verification, for example, when compiling the project, synchronizing, or running a simulation. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons in each tab to define the search order of the libraries listed in that tab. The Available Libraries dialog has three tabs, which are described in the following sections. Making Libraries AvailableĪll three of the methods of making a library available are configured in the Available Libraries dialog – click the button at the top of the panel to open the dialog.

Once libraries have been made available, the contents of one of those libraries is presented in the Libraries panel where is can be browsed and used to place components.

Search paths are a project-specific setting – that is, only those defined in the active project can be accessed.
