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Basically the principle is identical with ordinary symbols which, are modified the following way:

 

1.Insert the symbol that should be modified, normally using the Symbol Insert Tool.

2.Select Symbol Generator: Edit.

3.Make the desired modifications.

4.Select Symbol Generator: Save.

5.Click the Update button in the Symbol Insert Tool.

 

The same procedure is used for sub-circuits, with one tiny difference:

 

Step 1 above must be made in a slightly different way. The reason is that when you insert a sub-circuit using the Symbol Insert Tool, you are not really inserting the sub-circuit but making a copy of the content of it. The sub-circuit is not inserted as an entity but as

separate symbols and lines. Therefore, information like the name of the sub-circuit, the Description, the Resource category, and not least importantly, the scope of the sub-circuit (which objects belong to it), is lost.

 

To avoid that annoying problem, you can use a so-called "raw insert" of the sub-circuit, which means that it is inserted as a block instead. After that you can follow the remaining steps of the description above without any other differences.

 

A raw insert is made by right-clicking the sub-circuit in the Symbol Insert Tool, and selecting the Raw insert command in the context menu, as shown in the figure below.