About Variants

[mulfycrowh]

Hi everyone.
My schematic is made of several sheets.
It is not annoted yet.
As I declare some components "Not Fitted" (or "Fitted") on a sheet, other components from other sheets are modified too.
Do you see any reason?
Same problem when the schematic is annoted.
Thanks.

[JohnsonMiller]

Make sure competent IDs are unique,
It may happen when you copy-paste a sheet, and as far as I know, the variant setting is after annotation.

[mulfycrowh]

Why do mean with competent IDs?

[robertferanec]

mulfycrowh Each component in AD used to have Unique ID (e.g. if you double click on a component in AD17, you would see it - it was also possible to reset these IDs).

However, I can't find it in AD21? Is it now hidden somewhere .. or do they do it differently .. or am I looking at wrong place?

PS: I have not had the kind of problem which you have, but JohnsonMiller's idea may help

[mulfycrowh]

I have noticed that:
If I remove the component on a sheet and place again the same one, I don't have any trouble.

[JohnsonMiller]

I was in the same condition, the problem is the Unique ID, try to reset it, no change in your schematic is needed. Which version of Altium you are using?

[mulfycrowh]

I'm using Altium 19. How do you proceed to reset the Unique ID?

[JohnsonMiller]

I do not access AD19, but in AD17 it is located at tools -> Convert -> Reset Component Unique IDs..

[mulfycrowh]

Same location in AD19.
I have a quite big schematic with several variants.
It seems to be OK.
Thanks to JohnsonMiller