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Two variations of the Object Class Explorer dialog
The Object Class Explorer dialog allows you to browse and manage the defined object classes for the current PCB document. Classes are a logical collection of a particular type of design object. For example, a group of related components could be grouped into their own Component Class which could then be used as the basis for creating a targeted rule.
The dialog is accessed from the PCB Editor by clicking Design » Classes from the main menu.
The dialog includes a static pane on the left and a main editing region on the right that changes in context with the selection on the left.
In the folder-tree pane on the left side of the dialog, each of the supported object class types are listed under the Object Classes folder. The following class types are supported:
Click on the root folder to access a summary listing in the main editing region of the dialog of all specific classes that have been defined across all object class types (shown in the back image).
Click on a child object class type folder to access a summary listing of all specific classes that have been defined for that type (shown in the front image). The following default classes are created across the various class types for a new PCB document:
Click on the entry for a specific class in the folder-tree pane (or double-click on its entry in a summary list) to access controls for managing the object membership of that class.
The following commands are available from the right-click context menu for the pane:
This region of the dialog changes in accordance with what is currently selected in the left-hand pane. It presents two different views:
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