Sunstone Printed Circuit Board Forum

Hello, A quick work around for that issue is to unconnect the wires from the part you're about to replace and connect them with ports. Once your part has been replaced, you can reconnect the wires back to the pins.

This problem you are experiencing is a know issue that we hope to have resolved in a future release. The original version of the edited symbol is stored with the board file. If you close your design and start a new layout you could add the modified part and you would see the updated symbol. If you are too far along in the current schematic to start over, you can use the updated symbol by creating a new entry in the taxonomy with a unique name. Then remove the original symbol from your schematic and replace it with the updated version.

You could also get around this issue by modifying the schematic symbol then save it with a new name. Now you can pair the new symbol with the existing taxonomy entry. Then remove the original symbol from your schematic and replace it with the updated version.

I find that to be a time waster too.

There's a real problem with this approach, and that is that replacing the symbol rips up all the nets and requires a total rewire. This creates a lot of redo's which wastes time, it also makes the editing process more prone to errors, etc. This is really a major bug and should be fixed! Also, is there a way to leave the nets intact when a symbol is deleted?