Map Pins Dialog

To access: Displayed when replacing a symbol instance with a symbol that has a different number of pins or when using the Replace Symbol action.

Used to map pins on a symbol to pins on a symbol instance when you replace a symbol in a diagram.

Objects

Field	Description
Symbol pins	Lists the pins on the replacement symbol. Unmapped pins appear in bold. You must associate pins from this with Instance pins either by clicking Associate All to create automatic mappings, or by selecting one pin from each list, and then clicking Associate. Displayed when using the Replace Symbol action.
Library part	Lists the pins on the library part. Unmapped pins appear in bold. You must associate pins from this with Instance pins, either by clicking Associate All to create automatic mappings, or by selecting one pin from each list and then clicking Associate. Displayed when updating a library part.
Instance pins	Lists the pins on the symbol instance in the diagram. Unmapped pins appear in bold. You must associate pins from this with Symbol pins, or Library part pins, either by clicking Associate All to create automatic mappings, or by selecting one pin from each list, and then clicking Associate.
Associate	Creates a mapping between a pin on the replacement symbol, and a pin on the symbol instance. Select one pin from Instance pins, and one pin from Symbol pins or Library part pins, and click this to create a mapping.
Associate All	Creates an automatic mapping for each of the Symbol pins or Library part pins to the Instance pins. This is not available if some pins have been mapped already.
Disassociate	Unmaps a pin on the replacement symbol from a pin on the symbol instance. Select one of the mapped pins from either Instance pins, or Symbol pins, or Library part pins, and then click this to unmap them.
Disassociate All	Unmaps all of the Symbol pins, or Library part and Instance pins.
Changes	Lists the changes made to the symbol instance when you click OK.
Preserve Diagram Pin Position	Select this if you want the pins on the symbol instance to remain where they are in the diagram already.
Remove Properties not on Symbol	Select this if you want to remove any properties from the symbol instance that are not on the symbol in the symbol library. Displayed when using the Replace Symbol action.
Copy Attribute/Property Values from Symbol	Select this if you want to copy any properties and attributes that are on the symbol in the symbol library to the symbol instance. Displayed when using the Replace Symbol action.
Preserve Attribute Text	Select this if you want to maintain the visibility of the object attributes on the diagram. If you do not select this, they will no longer be displayed. Displayed when using the Replace Symbol action.
Preserve Pin Names	Select this if you want to maintain any pin names that have been changed manually on the diagram. If you do not select this, they will be replaced with pin names from the symbol library. Displayed when using the Replace Symbol action.

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