Circuit Design Suite (Multisim, Ultiboard)

[jackinnj]

Next update for Multisim, please make the default non-polar capacitor option (film, ceramic, mica) one which matches the outlines in Ultiboard.  The default option seems to be a radial electrolytic -- not helpful if you are writing in a a bypass or timing cap.  Last time I used a radial electrolytic was in the 1990's.

Here's why you have to fix this -- when you transfer to UB you've got a bunch of devices where the pads/holes are named with a "+" and "-" rather than "1" or "2".  You can't automatically "Replace Part" with a non-electrolytic as you immediately have a DRC error!  AND you get a design error with the "+" sign repeated on the device.  This makes for a time consuming mess with the netlist editor.

By the way,how are you doing replacing the greek letter "mu" upon transfer to UB?

[_user32]

Jackinnj,

I've replicated the swap behavior and I'll advise R&D of the potential issues and the feature suggestion to allow a SMT default (actually the default in v12 is no shape in the first use).

Also if you select a certain SMT shape from the Master parts list for RLCs, any subsequent use of that RLC part type should default to the same SMT footprint shape.

Regards,
Pat Noonan