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Offline halexaTopic starter

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Altium -Copy schematic symbol but reset the designator
« on: February 07, 2017, 08:07:02 am »
Hi,

Is there a way to configure Altium to reset the schematic designator to "?" when you copy a symbol that has been anotated? :-//
 

Offline Mattylad

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Re: Altium -Copy schematic symbol but reset the designator
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2017, 08:59:27 am »
You can do that manually.
Then any more that are copied from that retain the ?
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Offline enz

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Re: Altium -Copy schematic symbol but reset the designator
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2017, 09:12:57 am »
Goto: DXP -> Preferences -> Schematic -> Graphical Editing
Under Options you should find a check box named "Reset Parts Designators On Paste"
Should normally be checked by default.

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Offline halexaTopic starter

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Re: Altium -Copy schematic symbol but reset the designator
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2017, 11:25:34 am »
@enz thank you. Now it works like i want it to.
 


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