You have opened a project. Utilities > Parts > Management > [Extras] > Settings. Select the Part selection with scheme selection check box and click [OK].
- You have selected a main function in the graphical editor or in a navigator. Edit > Properties. Select the Parts tab and click [...] in the Part number field.
- Project data > Devices > Navigator. Select an entry. Popup menu > New device.
- Project data > Parts / Devices > Bill of materials navigator. Select an entry. Popup menu > Add part or Popup menu > Exchange part.
- Project data > Parts / Devices > Device list. Select an entry. Popup menu > Add part.
In this dialog, select a scheme for the data source for the part selection. This is used to determine which data source is used for the part selection.
Overview of the main dialog elements:
Select a scheme from the drop-down list which determines the user-specific default settings for part selection. Click [...] to open the Settings: Parts (user), which you can use to change these default settings.
If this check box is selected, the selected data source will be used for all further actions which open the part selection. The Part selection: Select data source dialog is not displayed any more. You can reactivate the Part selection: Select data source dialog by activating the Part selection with scheme selection check box again (via Utilities > Parts > Management > [Extras] > Settings).
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