Part Number Settings

The Part Number Settings page enables you to specify BOM Explorer settings, default parts database, and equipment number settings.

General Tab

Setting	Description
Delete BOM entries when the last symbol is deleted	As described, this option deletes any BOM entries when the last symbol is deleted.
Default Parts Database	Select a default parts database for the project. The software will then look at this database instead of the database specified in the setup configuration when searching for part numbers. The available databases are listed in the drop-down menu. (You can add new databases in the New Project dialog.)
Equipment/Part Number Exchange Preferences	These fields allow you to specify a preferred parts vendor when making an exchange from equipment numbers to real part numbers. Part Type - Select a part type (motors, relays, pushbuttons, etc.) from the drop down list. Manufacturer - Select a preferred manufacturer for the selected part type. Supplier - Select a preferred supplier. Parts from the selected manufacturers and suppliers will then be used when the Exchange Equipment Number function is run. You can select multiple manufacturers and suppliers; the software will start at the top of the list and go down until it finds a part.

Setting

Description

Delete BOM entries when the last symbol is deleted

As described, this option deletes any BOM entries when the last symbol is deleted.

Default Parts Database

Select a default parts database for the project. The software will then look at this database instead of the database specified in the setup configuration when searching for part numbers. The available databases are listed in the drop-down menu. (You can add new databases in the New Project dialog.)

Equipment/Part Number Exchange Preferences

These fields allow you to specify a preferred parts vendor when making an exchange from equipment numbers to real part numbers.

Part Type - Select a part type (motors, relays, pushbuttons, etc.) from the drop down list.
Manufacturer - Select a preferred manufacturer for the selected part type.
Supplier - Select a preferred supplier.

Parts from the selected manufacturers and suppliers will then be used when the Exchange Equipment Number function is run. You can select multiple manufacturers and suppliers; the software will start at the top of the list and go down until it finds a part.

Display Tab

Setting	Description
Delimiter for part number quantity	This field allows you to specify characters that are used to separate the quantity from the part number displayed at the symbol in schematic drawings. (This applies when you use the Quantity field when assigning part numbers.)
Display part number	Select whether you wish the part number to be displayed Above Device ID or Below Device ID.
Display multiple part numbers on symbols	When a part number is assigned to a symbol it can be designated as the primary part number. If multiple part numbers are assigned to one symbol only one of them will be the primary. All - Select to display all the part numbers assigned to a symbol. Only the primary - Select to display only the primary part number. If the this option is selected and there are additional part numbers assigned. a comma and ellipsis will appear after the primary part number. Example: ABC1001, ...
Suppress part numbers on child symbols	Select this check box if you wish the part number to be displayed only at the parent symbol. If the check box is not selected, the part number will appear at both parent and child symbols.
Display format for equipment number	Equipment numbers are generic part numbers. In this field you can select to show equipment numbers in drawings either in parentheses or brackets to distinguish them from real part numbers.
Display on drawing/BOM explorer	Select one of the options to choose whether you will display Part Numbers or Equipment Numbers in drawings and in the BOM Explorer. Equipment numbers are generic part numbers. Part Numbers - Displays the number in the parts database Part_Number field. Equipment Numbers - Displays the value in the parts database Equipment_Number field, (instead of the Part_Number field) if the field contains a value.