Comment 3 for bug 1811460
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| Art (diametrix) wrote Re: Zero out symbol data fields when it is coppied | #3 |
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@Rene
I realize that the Facebook generation is conditioned only to read short sentences and topic names, but you might want to venture out from the beaten path and try to read the whole post. Who knows, you might learn something. I'll try to stick to short sentences just for you.
I didn't suggest to zero out all the fields simply when a symbol is copied. Like you reasonably mentioned, quite often you just need to copy a symbol and keep it as is. I suggested to zero out all the fields, when you EDIT the value field of the symbol. Since a value is different, we can assume it is a completely different component now and therefore all the fields are not valid.
As far as the datasheet is concerned, you are absolutely right, sometimes a single datasheet covers a group of components (i.e. surface mount resistors of the same series). However, when you weigh in the repercussions of forgetting to correct all the fields for a symbol and then ordering a wrong component when BOM is generated, or not ordering the right one - I think not having a datasheet listed is not really rated that high on my list of priorities.