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axlLoadSymbol from library instead of board

Ejlersen

Hi

I have a board with a symbol "0805res" but would like to use axlLoadSymbol to load it from the library to get information to compare against the symbol inside the board file.

Is there a way to do this?

Best regards

Ole 

 

 

  •  Ole,

     Looking at the documentation it appears axlLoadSymbol will always find the symbol in the board file first, before it even looks at the library path. A work around might be

    1) build a list (or table) of symbol information you want to compare in the present deisign.

    2) open a new blank design and load the symbols of interest.

    3) do the comparison

    4) output report

    5) reload design 

     

    -Craig 

  • Hi Craig

    After writing the post I actually found out that you can use the path when using axlLoadSymbol

    e.g., symdef = axlLoadSymbol("package" "c:/Company/pcb/symbols/1206res")

    So this solves the problem for me, but thanks for your suggestions. 

    Best regards

    Ole

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