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Replacing

Composite Symbols for Shared Devices

From Capital Logic Designer, you can replace the composite symbol used for a shared device. You cannot replace the composite symbol that has been used for a shared connector.

For example, you can replace a symbol with one that contains more blocks, such as replacing a switch pack with 5 switches to a switch pack with 10 switches. Alternatively, you can replace a symbol with fewer blocks if the blocks have not been used from the first composite symbol.

Properties on the shared pin list for the shared device will be preserved after replacing the symbol.

Prerequisites

Designs must be editable (not released).
The shared device must reference only one composite symbol.
Both symbols involved in the replacement must be their latest version.
The shared device must not be frozen.
The shared device must not have a library part assigned to it.
The new (target) symbol must contain symbol blocks that are the same as any used symbol blocks from the previously used composite symbol.
If pins will be removed from the shared object (that is, when a block is removed), there must not be any 'non-reference' usages of those pins.

Procedure

Right-click the device in the Shared Objects Browser window and select Replace Shared Composite. Alternatively, select the device, press Space Bar and enter Replace Shared Composite.The Replace Shared Composite facility is displayed. The Source Composite area shows the name of the shared device, the symbol library where the current symbol is stored and the name of the symbol that is currently used. The current symbol is displayed below those details. The Target Symbol Selection enables you to navigate to the composite symbol that you now want to use. When you select a symbol, it is displayed in the window below the symbol libraries tree. You can select Show Origin to have the symbol origin indicated on the symbol.
Select the composite symbol to use in the tree.
On the Resulting Action tab, the actions that will result from replacing the composite symbol are displayed.
On the Mapping tab, the symbol blocks from the previously used symbol are displayed in the Source window, the symbol blocks from the new symbol are displayed in the Target window. If you hover over the name of a symbol block, the names of the pins on the block are displayed.You must associate the blocks from the previously used symbol with the blocks on the new symbol. Associated blocks are displayed in bold. Blocks in italics must be mapped for the action to continue (these are blocks that have instances). When you select a new symbol, similar blocks are associated automatically. You can disassociate all blocks by clicking the Disassociate All button. To disassociate one target symbol block, select it in the Target window and click the Disassociate button. To associate all of the previously used symbol blocks, click the Associate All button. To associate one previously used symbol block, select it in the Source window, click the target block in the Target window, and then click the Associate button.
Click the OK button to replace the symbol. The symbol blocks and composite symbols on the diagrams are updated accordingly.

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Composite Symbols