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Variant Manager

The need often arises in many companies where they have a product that has several variations. A good example would be say, a power supply that has an essentially common architecture, but has key differences and key characteristics that vary by product, or by country, so called variants.

For example:

New Power Supply Model :

• Variation 1: Input Voltage: 120V, 240V, 575V

• Variation 2: Output Voltage: 12V, 24V, 100V

• Variation 3: Layout variation required due to safety agency differences i.e CSA, or UL, or VDE

The variant manager provides the capability for you to organize and bundle different variants into the same schematic and PCB design database. When a selected variant is selected, certain parts may be suppressed in the bill of materials, or become different part numbers altogether, for example a 100 ohm resistor in one variant case, and in another variant becomes a 120 ohm resistor.

This design capability significantly reduces the complexity of managing multiple product variants and in many cases assists in helping engineers to think hierarchically from the outset of beginning the design.

Follow the link to more information on the Variant Manager to learn more.