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Allegro PCB Designer - Viewing symbol property values

FormerMember
FormerMember

While editing a symbol in PCB Designer, is there a simple method to view all properties that currently have values assigned?

The only method I can find is to hunt-n-peck by doing Display -> Property, then scroll through the huge list of standard available properties, selecting each property one at a time.  Even this does not show me the value of each property; the value field is always blank even when a value has been assigned.  I must then click the "Show Val" button which will pop up another window to display the value, if one exists. 

It would at least be helpful if the "Filter" button had an option to show only those properties that have a value assigned.

  • steve

    You can try Edit - Properties then in the Find Filter change the Find by Name filter to Drawing which will then show you the drawing level properties for that symbol. Remember that as you are in the filename.dra most properties cannot be displayed using Show Element. This changes when the symbol is placed in a board, you can then use Edit - Properties and select a Symbol and the properties applied to the symbol will be displayed. If that males sense..

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Yep, that makes sense.  I knew I could view that after placing a part on a board, but needed to figure out how to do it while doing symbol library activity.  Thanks!

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    After playing with the Find Filter as Steve suggested, I found the way to see every active property and value in a Symbol Drawing.  While in either Edit-Properties or Display-Property, select Property in Find by Name, enter an "*" in the search field, then hit tab.  Another window opens showing all properties displayed with their value, those at the Symbol level and those attached to any design objects (such as the package heights attached to a shape).

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