Updating smart symbols placed from catalog

Module(s): Smart Symbols

You can use the Update Smart Symbols Placed from Catalog tool to update all the instances of smart symbols in the current document; the current smart symbol definition in the Smart symbols library serves as the basis. For example, you can update smart symbols you have modified in the current document using Modify Smart Symbol and saved in the Smart symbols library in all the documents.

Note: Whether the layer of the smart symbol's instance in the drawing file is retained or replaced with the default setting from the Smart symbols library depends on the setting of the Place instance of smart symbol option in the Options on the Smart symbols and symbols page.

• If Place instance of smart symbol on current layer is selected, the layer assigned to the instance of the smart symbol is retained and it is only the geometry that is updated.
• If Place instance of smart symbol on current layer is not selected, the layer assigned to the smart symbol in the library is used.

To update smart symbols that have already been placed

1. Click Update Smart Symbols Placed from Catalog (How).
   

   Activate Update Smart Symbols from Catalog in one of the following ways

   • Menu bar: Modify Bonus Tools Smart Symbols

   • Palette: Tools Modify area in the following module(s):

   Smart Symbols

2. Specify the path to the smart symbol and click OK.