From the course: Learning SOLIDWORKS PCB
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Annotating schematics
- Another very handy tool is the ability to automatically annotate your schematics. So for example, I changed my component here, the component name to be U1. So I just did a double-click and changed the designator name. And I can do the same for every other component. So capacitor, maybe I have five or ten, so it would be C1, C2, C3, and so on. So I don't have to manually insert each of these component names or designators. And I could do that, of course, if I'd like, and sometimes I may need to, but there is a tool that can help you automate that process. So if I just go to Tools, and under Annotation here, I have a bunch of annotation tools, where I can click on Annotate, and Annotate Schematics. And so this does its best to automatically annotate all of your components. So right now you can see, here's a list of all the components thrown into my schematic here, so a number of connectors, resistors, capacitors, and so on. And right now they haven't been properly designated. That's…
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