Manage Modifications
Editing a component library with Vertex BD 2021 (27.0) or earlier generated a customer-specific copy of the system library folder to the custom/complibs folder. In the library browser, you distinguish such libraries from the following labels:
- Customized - Standard library label. The customer-specific library folder contains individual drawing or model files or ADT programs that overwrite the corresponding standard library files. However, the library database is in the system library folder.
- Overwrites - Custom library label. The customer-specific library folder contains both component drawing or model files or ADT programs and the library database that manages the library. The customer-specific library overwrites the system library.
To view modifications and compare customer-specific and system library differences, follow these steps:
- Open the library browser by selecting System | Libraries | Libraries.
- Select a library with the label [Customized] or [Overwrites].
- [Customized] - Standard library
- [Overwrites]- Custom library
For example, first select All Libraries, and then sort the libraries by Note column.
- Right-click to open the context-sensitive menu.
- Select Manage Modifications. The Manage Modifications dialog box opens.
Dialog Box Options
- Use Customization
- Customer-specific changes are applied when Use Customization is selected.
- Comparison Method
- The comparison method is "Custom library overwrites system library" in the case of custom library that [Overwrites].
- Check item register modifications
- Compare the differences between the database in the customer-specific library folder and the database in the system library folder. The function opens the Show Changes dialog box. Choose what you want to compare:
- Compare structure - Compare the database fields. Choose from the options:
- Compare types and lengths of the fields
- Compare order of the fields
- Compare contents - Select the Relation field, for example the row number $RID, and click Compare. View deleted, added, and changed content marked in different colors in the dialog box. If there are no markings, there are no differences in the databases.
- Compare structure - Compare the database fields. Choose from the options:
- Delete customized item register
- Delete the database in the customer-specific library folder. The program will prompt you for confirmation before deleting the database:
- File / Status
- The list shows the files in the customer-specific library folder and their status:
- Copy - The file is the same as in the system library folder.
- Local - The file does not exist in the system library folder at all.
- Overwrites - The file is different from the system library folder. In the case of a drawing file (*.vxp), you can compare the changes by selecting Compare changes from the right-click menu. More information on the corresponding function: Show Differences of Drawings.