To Update Symbols

Select the Update Symbol

icon from the Replace ribbon to display the Update Symbol dialog.

Select the desired project in the Project field. The symbols in this project will be compared to your symbol catalogs for differences.

Select the Get Symbol List button to perform the comparison function. Any symbols in the catalog that are different from similarly-named symbols in the project will be listed in the Update Symbol dialog.

Note: If no mismatched symbols are found you will see the message, No symbol needs to be updated for this project.

To replace (update) the symbols in the project, select the OK button. You will be prompted with the symbols one by one in the Replace Symbol dialog. Use this dialog to select the catalog symbol that will replace the symbol in the project.

Use the Search field in the Replace Symbol dialog to select whether the replacement will occur on the current page, on selected pages, or in the entire project.

(Optional): You can also use the check boxes in the Maintain on New Symbol area to select aspects of the existing symbol that you wish to preserve.

To replace the symbol in the project with the symbol from the catalog, click the Browse button next to the Replace with field to select the catalog symbol. The Select Symbol dialog will appear. You can distinguish between the symbol in the catalog and the symbol in the project by looking at the Catalog column. This column indicates whether the symbol exists in the project or in a specific catalog.

Select OK in the Select Symbol dialog and in the Replace Symbol dialog to make the replacement.

As you replace symbols in a project, you will be prompted with the Device Properties dialog in order to confirm the replacements.

Note: After each symbol is replaced, you will be prompted with the Replace Symbol dialog for the next mismatched symbol. Select the Cancel button for any symbol that you do not wish to replace.