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Assembly Variant Part Attribute

jameslittlefield

I'm using Eagle 6.6 Pro and have been assigning part attributes (MF, MPN, OC_VENDOR) to my schematics and use the bom ulp to generate BOMs.    While there is much to wish for in terms of the mechanics of initially assigning attributes the process works pretty well.    I now have a project where I have some components that have alternate values so I created an assembly variant and changed the value of the component in the new assembly variant.    Everything works as expected EXCEPT that the manufacturer part number attribute for the part is the same even though its value changes from 1M to 10M between variants.    Is there a way to have separate sets of attributes in each assembly variant?

 

Might this work better in 7.x eagle?   Advice appreciated.

 

Thanks

Jim

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    Jorge,

      Thanks for making this issue visible to the developers.   I would like to

    also raise a couple points which would make the attribute handling much

    more convenient.    In preparing for BOM generation design link will create

    some standard attributes for all the parts (MF, MPN, OC_NEWARK,

    OC_FARNELL).    IF designlink finds an appropriate part and confirmed by

    the user,  all these attributes get filled in automatically AND design link

    knows how to apply the same attribute selections to all the same/similar

    parts in the design (ie all the 1K 0805 resistors with matching package). 

     

       If designlink cannot produce a suitable choice and you "skip" the part

    then the attributes have to be filled in manually to get a complete BOM. 

    As an example,  I have a unusual size/power rating resistor and I use a lot

    of them,  designlink can't find the right part, so I have to manually fill

    in all the attributes.   Whats really time consuming is that even if I have

    10 resistors, all with the footprint,  value,  I have to manually (re)enter

    the MF, MPN, OC_XXXX) for EACH one.   It would be a huge time saver if the

    attribute dialog was enhanced to allow one to define/edit the attributes

    for a common group of parts.    Designlink is able to do this internally so

    it seems like the same functionality could be exposed in the Attribute

    dialog.

     

    Thanks for listening!

     

    Jim

     

     

     

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    Jorge,

      Thanks for making this issue visible to the developers.   I would like to

    also raise a couple points which would make the attribute handling much

    more convenient.    In preparing for BOM generation design link will create

    some standard attributes for all the parts (MF, MPN, OC_NEWARK,

    OC_FARNELL).    IF designlink finds an appropriate part and confirmed by

    the user,  all these attributes get filled in automatically AND design link

    knows how to apply the same attribute selections to all the same/similar

    parts in the design (ie all the 1K 0805 resistors with matching package). 

     

       If designlink cannot produce a suitable choice and you "skip" the part

    then the attributes have to be filled in manually to get a complete BOM. 

    As an example,  I have a unusual size/power rating resistor and I use a lot

    of them,  designlink can't find the right part, so I have to manually fill

    in all the attributes.   Whats really time consuming is that even if I have

    10 resistors, all with the footprint,  value,  I have to manually (re)enter

    the MF, MPN, OC_XXXX) for EACH one.   It would be a huge time saver if the

    attribute dialog was enhanced to allow one to define/edit the attributes

    for a common group of parts.    Designlink is able to do this internally so

    it seems like the same functionality could be exposed in the Attribute

    dialog.

     

    Thanks for listening!

     

    Jim

     

     

     

    --

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

     

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        If designlink cannot produce a suitable choice and you "skip" the part

    then the attributes have to be filled in manually to get a complete BOM.

    As an example,  I have a unusual size/power rating resistor and I use a lot

    of them,  designlink can't find the right part, so I have to manually fill

    in all the attributes.   Whats really time consuming is that even if I have

    10 resistors, all with the footprint,  value,  I have to manually (re)enter

    the MF, MPN, OC_XXXX) for EACH one.   It would be a huge time saver if the

    attribute dialog was enhanced to allow one to define/edit the attributes

    for a common group of parts.    Designlink is able to do this internally so

    it seems like the same functionality could be exposed in the Attribute

    dialog.

     

     

    Hi Jim,

     

    I hope you're doing well. Have you tried the attrib-add.ulp that is up

    on our website? Make sure you get the latest version it allows you to

    assign attributes based on a group.

     

    You would just define a group that contains the parts you want to assign

    the attributes to and run the ULP.

     

    hth,

    Jorge Garcia