Applied Parameters: None
Summary
This command is used to browse for, and choose, the required existing Component Item in the target vault, to be used as the linked Item in which to release the selected component definition.
For the most part, the creation of the Component Items in the target vault is left to be part of the release process. You simply add your component definitions, assign Item IDs and away you go – Item creation 'on-the-fly' as it were. However, you may have created (or want to create) Component Items directly in the vault, then link to these existing Items. Alternatively, you may want to change the target Component Item associated with an existing, released component definition.
Access
This command can be accessed from the Component Library Editor by:
- Selecting a single component definition (in the definitions region) and choosing the Edit » Operations » Change Link To Target Item command from the main menus.
- Right-clicking over a component definition (in the definitions region), and choosing the Operations » Change Link To Target Item command from the context menu.
Note that the command will only be available on the respective menu when a component definition is selected. If multiple component definitions are selected, the command operates on the focused definition - distinguished by a dotted border around its selected cell.
Use
After launching the command, the Choose Target Item dialog will appear. If the selected component definition is already linked to a Component Item, then the dialog will present this Item, already selected. If the definition is not already linked, then the dialog will simply present the target folder (as defined for the definition).
Browse the target Altium Vault for the required Component Item that you want to map the selected component definition to, select it, then click OK - the link will be created (or changed if an alternative Item has been selected).
Be sure to save the Component Library document, since the link information is stored in the document.
Tips
- Once linked to an existing Component Item in the target Altium Vault, the Name for the component definition will become grayed (uneditable). This is the unique Item ID for that linked Component Item.