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Swapping Footprints on

Placed Devices

Where you have a device with multiple footprints, you can swap to a different a footprint without having to re‑instantiate the device.

Prerequisites

  • A diagram is open containing a device which has multiple footprints.

Procedure

  1. Right-click the required device and select Select Footprint.The Select Footprint dialog box is displayed. Figure 42: Select Footprint

  2. Select the required footprint, in this example FP3, and click OK.Figure 43: Select a Different Footprint

Results

  • The footprint is swapped and all the pins are mapped automatically. See Figure 44. Figure 44: Footprint Changed

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Harness Connectors

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/861057055/202410078.capital_ld_user/id1b8c633c-1a77-405b-9bcb-88b8e9fdd736 · retrieved 2026-07-18