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26 Introduction UIC provides a comprehensive component database. However, as industry designs new components, the New Component window provides a method of adding these new component definitions to the database.

Once the component definition has been saved, the component is available for use with the product if the product is configured with the appropriate database. The component database is a dynamic file. Existing customers who are upgrading IM-UPS software have access to any new component categories once a new database is created.

Component definitions from existing databases can then be merged into the new database. Refer to the Merge topic in the Component Database module. The Window The New Component window consists of groups of data entry fields which when filled provide the machine with the information it needs to properly handle the components during the insertion process.

Data Entry Groups A component definition is divided into logical groups of data. These groups are the same for axial and radial components, however, different information is required within some groups. The following paragraphs describe the information that needs to be entered to create a component definition.

All the component definition fields (except description and verification information) must be completed before the Product Editor can save a definition. The Product Editor provides assistance to the user when the cursor is placed in a data field in the following ways: . On-screen graphics show how values are measured for component dimension data fields. .

Valid entries: There are 3 ways to enter data. Whenever the cursor is placed in a data field, the allowable data for that field is displayed in the Valid Entries list box. #NAME? #NAME? - Refer to the component manufacturer's specifications for much of the data required for a component definition.

General Information A sample General Information data entry group is displayed.