Metal Library dialog box

This dialog box is opened when you push the Library button in the Metal Types tab of the Circuit Settings dialog box or the Select Metal from Library button in the Planar Metal Editor dialog box or the Via Metal Editor dialog box. This dialog box allows you to select the location of both your global and local library, add new metals, edit existing metals and delete metals from your libraries.

There are two types of libraries: global and local. The global library would usually be used as a group wide library of standard metals for a group of designers. The default location for the global library is:

Linux: <Sonnet Directory>/data/library where <Sonnet Directory> is the directory in which your Sonnet software is installed.

Windows: <Sonnet App Data>/data/library where <Sonnet App Data> is the location where the Sonnet Application data was installed on your system. To open this folder, select the command Admin ⇒ Diagnostics ⇒ Explore Sonnet Data Folder from the main menu of the Sonnet task bar. Please note that this folder is hidden by default, so you will need to use the above command to access the folder.

You may choose to use this location or can save this library in another location. The local library would usually be used as the user's own library of metal definitions. This library may be stored in a location of the user's choice. You use the Planar Metal Editor dialog box or the Via Metal Editor dialog box to add, edit and delete entries to these libraries.

Select which library you wish to use by selecting the My Library radio button or the Global Library radio button. The default setting is My Library. The present contents of the selected library is displayed in the list of metals below these radio buttons. If you wish to look at another library, click on the Specify button next to the radio button to open a browse window which allows you to select another library file.

Add: Click on this button to open the Metal Editor dialog box which allows you to define a new metal to add to the presently selected library.

Edit: Click on this button to open the Metal Editor dialog box which allows you to edit the type and properties of the metal presently selected in the library list. To select a metal in the library, click on its entry in the list.

Delete: Click on this button to remove the presently selected metal from the library. To select a metal in the library, click on its entry in the list to the left of this button. If you wish to delete a metal from your project, you may do so in the Metal Types tab.