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How to copy a Hierarchy block properly

Mhawley1

Hey everyone , Is there a way to copy a Hierarchy block in a schematic properly so it annotates all its resident parts ? 

Or do I need to go into that new copied block and manually edit all of its contents so it annotates?

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    Hello,

    There can be two type of hierarchical designs. One is where hierarchical block (underlying schematic) refers to same design (.dsn) with different schematic folder

    and second one is where Hierarchical block refers to external schematic design.

    When we place hierarchical block using menu Place > Hierarchical block, it gives us following dialog:

    In case of internally referenced design with different schematic folder, we can select Implementation Name from its drop down. No need to browse for 'Path and File Name'

    In case of externally referenced design, First Browse for 'Path and File name' of .dsn and then you can go for Implementation name based on schematic folders present in that dsn.

    It automatically takes care of annotation of underlying schematic components.

    See if that helps!

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    this gives me better understanding of hierarchal management and putting in new blocks. I may use the external design function in the future but I still get the same problem where if I netlist I get duplicate ref designators. Maybe I am still doing something wrong. 

    The solution that works for now is turning the particular hierarchy block to "?" in the advanced annotate menu and then incrementally annotating the whole design.

    Only then does it seem to have its own unique ref des. 

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  • 0 in reply to rg13

    this gives me better understanding of hierarchal management and putting in new blocks. I may use the external design function in the future but I still get the same problem where if I netlist I get duplicate ref designators. Maybe I am still doing something wrong. 

    The solution that works for now is turning the particular hierarchy block to "?" in the advanced annotate menu and then incrementally annotating the whole design.

    Only then does it seem to have its own unique ref des. 

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