The following procedure describes how to change the reference designator for a selected component.
- On the canvas, select a single component whose reference designator you want to change.
- On the Properties panel at the right side of the canvas, specify the new reference name in Reference Designator field and click Apply (see Setting Object Attributes).
Target objects
The only valid target object is Component.
Note
- For a component that has variants, you can change the reference designator of the master component. This changes the reference designators of all variants of the component. You cannot rename a variant component (non-master) directly. If you change the reference designator of a component that has variants, then the Variant component references cannot be changed directly section is added to the Reference dialog. This lists all the variant components in the selection, regardless of whether their reference designators are changed.
- A license is required to access the variation functionality in eCADSTAR.
