About Instance Properties

Assigned properties to individual component instances that are stored in the parent assembly.

What's New: 2022

Each component has a set of standard iProperties which can be extended by adding custom iProperties. These properties are stored in the component file and are common to all instances of that specific component. Instance properties extend capabilities of custom iProperties. They are stored in the parent assembly file and let you assign properties to individual component instances. Unlike iProperties, instance properties don't affect the referenced component files.

Instance properties are available in annotations such as balloons, leader notes and parts lists. When you display component properties in annotations, instance property values have a higher priority than the values of custom iProperties. This means that when you use the same property name, the value of instance property overrides the value of custom iProperty. Like iProperties, instance properties are also accessible using API and iLogic.

Instance Properties

Use Instance Properties to:

Instance Properties commands in the component context menu

Instance Properties browser commands are available only in context of the parent assembly. Multi-selection of component instances is supported.

Instance Properties creates or edits instance properties for the selected component instance.

Delete Instance Properties deletes all instance properties from the selected instance.

Instance Properties dialog box

Displays, adds, edits and deletes instance properties.

Browser marks, tooltips, and search

BOM dialog box

Displays, adds, edits, or deletes instance properties.

Instance properties in leader text, parts list, balloons, and sketched symbols

You can display instance properties in:
  • 2D or 3D leader text
  • Sketched symbols
  • Parts lists
  • Balloons