Editing Properties

All objects in Capture have attributes, or properties. Examples include the type of object (such as text, wire, or title block), part reference, color, font, and visibility. Some properties, called inherent properties, are essential to Capture—you cannot remove these inherent properties, though you can change the values of some of them. Other properties, called user-defined properties, may be used by external tools—they are not used by Capture, so you can add and modify these user-defined properties to suit your needs.
For information on editing the properties of a set of objects, see Using the spreadsheet editor. If you want to edit the properties of a part, see Assigning properties to the part.

When saving schematics with externally-referenced libraries or designs, occurrence properties are saved but altered instance values are not. If you want to change externally-referenced libraries or designs you should first close the referencing design. Then, open the referenced library or design, make the necessary changes, and save and close the referenced library or design. At this point, you can reopen the original design and reference the modified design.

To edit properties associated with a part, a wire, or a pin

In the schematic page editor:

1. Select the object.
2. From the Edit menu, choose Properties. The property editor appears.
3. Change the properties.
4. Click Apply, and close the property editor.

To edit the properties of a pin

1. In the part editor:
   1. Select the pin.
   2. The Pin Properties section appears in the Property Sheet pane.
   3. Change the properties.
   4. Save the part.
2. In the schematic page editor:
   1. Select the pin
   2. Right-click the pin and choose Edit Properties.
   3. In the Property Editor window, edit the properties of the pin.
   4. Click Apply in the top left corner of the Property Editor window and close the window.

To edit the properties of multiple pins

In the part editor:

1. In the Section Pins section of the Property Sheet pane, modify the properties of the required pins.
2. Click the Apply Pin Changes button.
3. Save the part.

To edit properties associated with comment text

In the part editor:

1. Double-click the text to edit.
   The Edit Comment Text Properties dialog box appears.
2. Make the changes to the text.
3. Click OK.

In the schematic page editor:

1. Select the text to edit.
2. From the Edit menu, choose Properties.
   The Display Properties dialog box appears.
3. Make the changes to the text, its font, rotation, color, or visibility.
4. Click OK.

To edit the name of a property in schematic page editor

1. Double-click the object.
   The property editor appears.
2. Select the property, edit its name in the Name property cell.
3. Click Apply, and close the property editor.
   
   

To delete a property in schematic editor

1. Select the object.
2. Right-click the object and choose Edit Properties.
   The property editor appears.
3. Select the property and click the Delete Property button.
   Only user-defined properties can be deleted.
4. Click Apply, and close the property editor.