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Working with Parts
Placing Parts
Note
Before placing a part, make sure that you are on the layer where the part is to be
placed. Refer to the
information.
Dragging Parts from Outside the Board Outline
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The following sections explain how to work with parts as you create and
edit designs. It covers the ways that you can place parts on the board, as
well as the tools included to help you with part location and placement. It
also includes information on Ultiboard's parts database, and editing the
parts in the database and on the board.
Some of the described features may not be available in your edition of
Ultiboard. Refer to the NI Circuit Design Suite Release Notes for a list of
the features in your edition.
You can place parts on the design:
•
by dragging them from outside the board outline. Refer to the
Dragging Parts from Outside the Board Outline section for more
information.
•
by using the Spreadsheet View. Refer to the
the Spreadsheet View
•
by importing a netlist. Refer to the
File
section of Chapter 2,
•
by selecting parts from the database. Refer to the
the Database
section for more information.
Accessing Layers
By default, parts are placed outside the board outline when you open a
netlist from Multisim or another schematic capture program. These can be
dragged to the appropriate location on the board.
section for more information.
Creating a Design from a Netlist
Beginning a
Design, for more information.
section of Chapter 3,
Setting Up a
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Using the Parts Tab in
Placing Parts from
Design, for more
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