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CONCEPT: How to attach LOC properties to IPAD4/8/16 & OPAD4/8/16 macors


Record #1397

Problem Title:
CONCEPT:  How to attach LOC properties to IPAD4/8/16 & OPAD4/8/16
macors



Problem Description:
Concept does not allow you to attach LOC constraints to an
IPAD4/8/16 & OPAD4/8/16 symbol.



Solution 1:

The workaround is to create a user copy of the macro by
saving the IPAD4/8/16 or OPAD4/8/16 name to a different name
so that you can edit the new user macro and attach LOC
properties to the underlying symbols.

For example, for an IPAD4, do the following in Concept:


Generate a user-editable symbol BODY:

   1.  "edit IPAD4.body"	   to call up the symbol BODY
				   for the macro

   2.  "write newmacro_name.body"  to save it to a user
				   symbol body that
				   would be editable.

   3.  "edit newmacro_name.body"   to call up the user symbol
				   body

   4.  Remove the LEVEL and LIBVER properties from the
       symbol:

       find "level=*"	 - Concept will return a Group letter
			   (for example, "Group A")
       del A		 - to delete the group of strings
			   matching "level ="

       Do the same for the LIBVER property:

       find "libver=*"	 - Concept will return a Group letter
			   like "Group B"
       del B		 - to delete the group of strings
			   matching "level ="

   5.	write		   to save the newly edited
			   symbol body


Generate a user-editable LOGIC drawing underlying the new symbol body:

   1.  "edit IPAD4.logic"	   to call up the underlying
				   LOGIC drawing
				   (schematic) for the macro

   2.  "write newmacro_name.logic" to save it to a
	user-editable logic drawing.

   3.  "edit newmacro_name.logic"  to call up the editable
       version of the macro.


Now you can add the LOC properties to the underlying IBUF
symbol bodies and save the new logic drawing.








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