CopyComponentToLibrary

Applied Parameters: None

Summary

This command is used to copy a component from the current library document to any other open library document.

Access

This command is accessed in the Schematic Library Editor by choosing the Tools » Copy Component command from the main menus.

Use

First, ensure that the component that you wish to copy is selected in the Design Item ID list of the SCH Library panel (and is therefore the active component in the main design window).

After launching the command, the Destination Library dialog will open. This dialog lists all of the currently open schematic library documents. Select the document to which you want to copy the component. After clicking OK, a copy of the component will be placed in the destination library.

Tips

1. All open libraries will be listed in the Destination Library dialog regardless of whether they are free documents or part of the current or any other open project.
2. You can choose the current library as the target library. Copying a component to the same library is useful when you want to create a new component and its graphical representation is similar to that of an existing component with only minor modifications required.
3. You can also copy library components using the SCH Library panel. Select the component(s) in the Design Item ID list of the panel using the standard Windows selection keys (Click, Shift+click and Ctrl+click). Once the components have been selected, right-click then choose Copy from the context menu. Change to the target library, right-click in the Design Item ID list of the SCH Library panel then choose Paste - adding them to the list.
4. When pasting into the same library or pasting more than one instance of a copied component into a different library, the component will be duplicated but the components will not have the same name. Instead, each copy will have a suffix. For example, if the original component is called CAP, then the first copy will be called CAP_1, the second CAP_2, etc.