Replacing Symbol Libraries and Symbols (Changing Standards)

You can replace symbol libraries and individual symbols.

Preconditions:

  • You have opened a project.
  • In the case of several opened projects: You have selected a project in the page navigator.
  • You have set up a target project.
  • You have defined a basic project and the rotation / flipping.

Assign target symbol libraries

  1. Select the following commands: Tab Tools > Command group Standards > Exchange > Tab Project > Button [Next] > Tab Rotation / flipping > Button [Next].
  2. In the Master data tab in the Name column select the symbol library to be replaced.
  3. Within the same row, click [...] in the New name column.
  4. In the Symbol library selection dialog, select the symbol library to be used for the target project and click [Open].

    The symbol library is entered in the New name column.
  5. To assign the entire symbol library, click [Next] on the Master data tab, and do the same in the Symbols tab.

    Define the project structure.
  6. To assign the source symbol library symbols to the target symbol library symbols, select the Individual assignment check box in the Master data tab and click [Next].

    The source and target symbol libraries are entered in the Symbols tab.
  7. In the Symbols tab in the Scheme column select an assignment scheme.

    If you do not want to use an existing assignment scheme, click [Scheme] and create your own assignment scheme.

    Create assignment scheme for symbols
  8. Click [Next].

    Define the project structure.

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