Electrical Design > ECAD > Configuring and Setting the Environment for ECAD > Settings applicable to all ECAD Designs > Using hint.map Files > To Control Automatic Layer Assignment
To Control Automatic Layer Assignment
Using the ecad_hint.map file, you can specify an overriding mapping (over the automatic mapping) to produce a new ECAD_<mapped name> layer. The component is placed in that layer:
map_objects_by_name->
ECAD_NAME "eesmb"
ECAD_ALT_NAME "DM7442N"
ECAD_TYPE ""
MCAD_NAME "EESMB_DM7442N"
MCAD_TYPE "part" 
MCAD_LAYER "<ANY>
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The ecad_comp_layer_map preferences option must be set to yes.
About the ecad_hint.map File