Electronic Component Editor Dialog Box

1. Select the type of object you want to create. The following types are available.
   • Electronic Physical Component
   • Altium Symbol
   • Electronic 3D Package
   • Altium Footprint
   Note: Electronic 3D Package is a 3DEXPERIENCE object. It does not have any reference equivalent object in Altium Designer.
2. Enter Name, Title, and Description. Click Ok.
   Note: Depending on the type of object you select, some fields are unavailable. For example, when you select Electronic Physical Component as a type, the Name field is not available.
3. Select the Open In Editor After Creation check box to open the created object in the editor panel.
   Note: This check box is selected by default for Electronic Physical Component.

Lets you search and open Electronic Component Editor objects.

When you click Open in the 3DSearch dialog box, the selected object along with its dependent product structure appears in the Content panel.

In the product structure, when you select a separate object to open, only the corresponding editor panel opens. For example, when you open an electronics 3D package, it is opened in the Electronic 3D Package Editor panel.

Symbols and footprints are opened in their native Altium Designer editors.

• Edit mode enables editing of objects and locks the highlighted object to prevent concurrent changes by other users.
• Disabling edit unlocks the highlighted object and prevents you from modifying the objects.

It shows the entire product structure. You can select objects to be saved to 3DEXPERIENCE.

When you select the Delete After Save check box, the selected objects are deleted from the Content panel.

If the enterprise item number is not assigned for an EPC, the Electronic Component Editor dialog box displays <none> in the Enterprise Item Number field. To specify a number, click <none>.

If an enterprise item number exists for an EPC, the Enterprise Item Number dialog box opens. Enter the new numbers for the listed components and click Set.

Select an EPC, symbol, or a footprint and click Component Rule Check or right-click an object and select Component Rule Check.

The selected object is validated. The Component Rule Check Messages dialog box appears if the rules are violated, and error messages are listed.

For more information about types of violations and error messages, see Component Rule Check Messages

Schematic library (.SCHLIB) and PCB library (.PCBLIB) can be imported. When you select the library and click Import, the Import dialog box lists all objects within the library. You can choose the objects to be imported and start the import.

If a footprint is missing for a symbol, the Missing Footprint dialog box appears. For a missing footprint, you can select another PCB library, ignore the missing footprint, or cancel the import.

If Automatic Class Assignment Property is specified in Collaboration Space Control Center settings, the classification parameters are evaluated for each imported component.

If the class name and path matches an existing class in 3DEXPERIENCE, this class is automatically assigned to the component.

If a classification atttibutes is not assigned to a component or refers a class that does not exist, class is not assigned automatically.

If the class assignment is removed when the component is in the NEW state and the classification attribute is present with an existing class, on manual assignment, the specified class is automatically selected in the Class Selection dialog box.

When the object is open in the Editor panel, a document icon appears in this column.

When the object has local unsaved changes, a document icon with an asterisk appears in this column.