How can you add attributes for ALL Parts ?

davem wrote on Sat, 18 June 2011 20:03

I would like to add some GLOBAL ATTRIBUTE's for ALL Parts.

 

1) Manufacturer

2) Part Number

3) Full Description

4) Cost Each

5) CircuitGroup

etc..

 

Can this be done?

...

This is a time waster!

Probably not with your attitude and need for instant gratification.

However, some of this is possible with a little patience.  I have

manufacturer, part number, description, and other BOM information

associated with most parts in my libraries now.  This makes BOM generation

mostly automatic, which is very nice.

I don't think putting the cost in the library is a good idea since that

changes regularly.  Without software that interfaces to various

distributors and looks up the prices in real time, I don't think this part

of BOM generation can be automated.

I have no idea what "CircuitGroup" is supposed to mean.

Simply adding empty attributes to all parts is pointless, so I don't see

the value of running a script to add these globally.  It's just as easy to

add them when you would set the attribute to the proper value later.  I

have a ULP called ATTR_ALL that creates and sets a attribute for all

packages and technologies of a device.  That is about as high level as it

makes sense to set this information globally.  Otherwise there is lots of

individual information by package and technology which has to be set

individually once somehow.

Sometimes using a script can help this process.  It can be useful to run

the ATTR_ALL ULP just to get the script it creates, then edit it with the

individual information per package and technology.

ATTR_ALL and the rest of the attribute and BOM making system are included

in my Eagle Tools release at http://www.embedinc.com/pic/dload.htm.

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davem wrote on Sat, 18 June 2011 20:03

I would like to add some GLOBAL ATTRIBUTE's for ALL Parts.

 

1) Manufacturer

2) Part Number

3) Full Description

4) Cost Each

5) CircuitGroup

etc..

 

Can this be done?

...

This is a time waster!

Probably not with your attitude and need for instant gratification.

However, some of this is possible with a little patience.  I have

manufacturer, part number, description, and other BOM information

associated with most parts in my libraries now.  This makes BOM generation

mostly automatic, which is very nice.

I don't think putting the cost in the library is a good idea since that

changes regularly.  Without software that interfaces to various

distributors and looks up the prices in real time, I don't think this part

of BOM generation can be automated.

I have no idea what "CircuitGroup" is supposed to mean.

Simply adding empty attributes to all parts is pointless, so I don't see

the value of running a script to add these globally.  It's just as easy to

add them when you would set the attribute to the proper value later.  I

have a ULP called ATTR_ALL that creates and sets a attribute for all

packages and technologies of a device.  That is about as high level as it

makes sense to set this information globally.  Otherwise there is lots of

individual information by package and technology which has to be set

individually once somehow.

Sometimes using a script can help this process.  It can be useful to run

the ATTR_ALL ULP just to get the script it creates, then edit it with the

individual information per package and technology.

ATTR_ALL and the rest of the attribute and BOM making system are included

in my Eagle Tools release at http://www.embedinc.com/pic/dload.htm.

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Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.