Library menu

Library menu

Contains options for maintaining the support files (*.sup) in the external component library. Support files contains information on data and node values, icon and help text and is edited in the Edit Support file dialog box. The menu also contains options to create and modify Model files (*.mod) in the MODELS language. Future extension of this menu is Syncronization of components in the circuit with support files in the external library.

Option Description
ATPDraw.scl Edit the standard components stored in ATPDraw.scl. The user can define his own default values, help and icons. This file is oftens overwritten with a new installation.
Templates Enables you to create new or edit old User Specified Objects (sup) or Models (sup+mod) in a global library on disk. The preferred usage of Models is to directly edit the model description and let ATPDraw create the icon (sup).
Sync Updates the circuit based on the external support files. Only Reload icons for Standard components implemented in ATPDraw v5.0. This is the relevant function to update to the vector graphic style icons of ATPDraw v5.

Preferred directories
Models: /MOD
User Spec.: /USP
as set in Tools|Options/Directories.