Managing Libraries

Libraries serve as a container for parts, designs, equations, and lots of other Genesys objects. They let you keep all of your objects in one place, which makes it easier for you to organize the contents. Genesys provides a number of libraries for your convenience and allows you to add custom libraries. Libraries that are added will be auto-loaded when Genesys starts.

There are three dialog boxes in Genesys that allow you to use and manage libraries.

The two selectors are the Library Selector and the Part Selector.

The third is the Library Manager.

Creating Custom Libraries

A custom library can contain custom parts or designs (models and symbols and circuits) or anything else. Each Library Manager section can only hold custom libraries of its specific type (so you can not use a design library in the part selector, you can not use a Dataset library in the design selector, and so on).

To create a custom library:

1. Right click an object in the workspace tree or for a part right click a part in the Part Selector
2. Select New Library... from the Copy To menu
   
   
3. Set the library name.
4. If you want, browse for a different path for the new library. We recommend the My Workspaces folder for libraries, though.
5. Click OK.

Adding Vendor Libraries

Genesys ships with a huge range of vendor libraries (parts and models). There are two ways to add these libraries.

Using Drag-Drop

• Find the libraries you want to add using Windows Explorer. Select all of the libraries and drag then drop them into the Genesys work area.
  
  In the image above we add 5 new libraries (one part library and four model libraries) to Genesys.

Using the Library Manager

1. Select the Library Manager from the Tools Main Menu option
   
2. Click the Add From File... button.
3. Browse to the folder with the xml library you want to use.
4. Select one or more libraries (use Shift+Click, Ctrl+Click, or Ctrl+A to select more than one).
5. Click Open to add the library or Libraries to the available Libraries.

Editing Libraries

You can use the Library Manager to edit the properties of objects in your libraries.

You cannot edit Internal libraries nor can you edit Encrypted Libraries. These libraries are read-only.

To edit the properties of a library:

1. Click the name of a library in the Libraries box.
2. Click the Properties... button.
3. Make the changes you want, and then click OK.

Removing Libraries

When you remove a library, you only remove it from the Libraries box in the Library Manager. The external library file is not deleted.

You cannot remove the Internal libraries. These libraries are read-only.

To remove a library from the Libraries list:

1. Click the name of the library in the Library Manager dialog.
2. Click Remove.

This does not delete the library file. It just assures that the library is not autoloaded the next time you run Genesys.

Using the Library Manager

You can use the Library Manager to:

• Add an existing library from a file.
• Edit the properties of a library1.
• Remove a library that has been added1.
• Save a library with a new name1.
• Save As also allows you to encrypt a library.
• Hide Internal Libraries will hide all libraries that are not shipped within the Genesys product.

To open the Library Manager window:

• Click the Library Manager ( ) button on the Part Selector or Design Selector toolbar. or
• Select the Tools menu and Library Manager.

Option is not available for Internal Libraries or encrypted Libraries.

Adding Library Items to Your Workspace

Any object in a library can be added to your workspace. In the case of Symbols or Models you can just double-click (or edit) the object in the Library Selector. You can use the library selector to add any object type into your workspace.

If you don't want the docking library selector to be visible (taking up screen real estate) use the Add From Library Option as seen below.

Parts are special. They are not added to your workspace, but placed using a mouse into Designs.

To Insert an Object from a Library into your workspace

1. Select From Library...
2. Set the*Library Type* to the type of object you want to insert in your workspace
3. Set the Current Library to the Library you want to add from
4. Double-click the specific Object you want to add.

Exporting Encrypted Libraries

Genesys supports encrypting and using encrypted libraries. The option to encrypt a library is accessible through the Library Manager, which itself is accessible from the Library Selector (View/Docking Windows/Library Selector). Once you have created a custom library, you may save it as encrypted.

The figure below shows the button on the Library Selector which brings up the Library Manager:

In the Library Manager, select your custom library and click the Save As... button on the right. The Library Manager is shown here:

In the Save As dialog box, there is a checkbox labeled Save Encrypted on the lower right. Check this box as shown here:

The library will then be saved as encrypted. If the library you are encrypting is a Design Library, you will not be able to view the contents of the designs' part lists or equations.