Parameters (PCB)

Created: September 30, 2016 | Updated: June 19, 2017 | Applies to version: 17.0

The Parameters dialog, showing a PCB component's Parameters and their Values, as derived from the Schematic component.
The Parameters dialog, showing a PCB component's Parameters and their Values, as derived from the Schematic component.

Summary

The PCB editor Parameters dialog lists the User Parameters associated with the currently selected component.

Access

In the PCB editor, open the Component properties dialog for a component (double-click on the component, or select Properties from its right-click context menu) then click the button at the bottom left of the dialog.

PCB component Parameters are read-only string objects transferred from the matching Schematic components by an Engineering Change Order (Design » Update PCB Document...) instigated in the Schematic Editor.