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PSpice User Guide Creating and editing models October 2019 216 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. What is an instance model? An instance model is a copy of the part's original model. The copied model is local to the design. You can customize the instance model without impacting any other design that uses the original part from the library. Instance models are created only when you want to edit models from global libraries. If you open a model for editing from a local library, after editing, the model will be saved in the same local library. For more information on global and local libraries see Global vs. design vs. profile models and libraries on page 191. When the schematic editor creates the copy, it saves a copy of the model in DESIGN_NAME.LIB. For more information on instance models, see Reusing instance models on page 241. Starting the Model Editor To start editing an instance model 1. In the design entry tool, select one part on your schematic page. 2. In Capture, choose Edit - PSpice Model. In Design Entry HDL, choose PSpice Simulator - Edit Model. The schematic page editor searches the model libraries for the instance model. To find out how design entry tools searches the library, see Changing model library search order on page 251. ❑ If found, the schematic page editor starts the Model Editor, which opens the design library and loads the instance model. ❑ If not found, the schematic page editor assumes that this is a new instance model and does the following: makes a copy of the original model definition in the DESIGN_NAME.LIB and starts the Model Editor with the new model loaded. After you start the Model Editor, you can proceed to change the text as described in To display the model text on page 235.