Manage symbol manually
In some use cases, it's needed to reapply the symbol on the sheet. This can be done by the manual way :
- Manage Symbol :
- Replace Inserted Symbol
Automation
To avoid to it manually for each symbol, here is a EKL script to reapply the same symbol :
Limitation
This code is only working with symbol with the name changed from the original naming like "Symbol Reference.1" :
Use Cases
Duplication of a symbol
- After Duplication of a symbol, the symbol in view is still pointing the origin symbol
BR Rule for Alternative Representation Name
- The BR Rule for Alternative Representation Name (Schematic_ComputeAlternativeRepName) is only trigger on Instance Modification
- So if the symbol/Altenative Rep is triggered with a reference attribute, so representation is not updated