- [Instructor] So I'm first gonna start
with creating my schematic symbol in this new library.
So I have my integrated library here,
I'm gonna start in my schematic.
I might want to save this out, it's the same as before,
so I can just right-click, do Save or Save As here,
save these library files wherever I'd like, rename as well,
do whatever naming convention I find useful here.
And I'm gonna save this out,
so this is another type of file,
schematic library file, the PCB library file,
and finally we're gonna be integrated library file.
So I'll save this out here.
Then I'm gonna start creating a new component.
So you can see here's a list of all my components,
it's an empty library right now,
so just the one component called Component_1,
nothing within it, but I can add, delete, edit,
as many components as I'd like to make.
You have a library of one component,
maybe you have a library of 5,000 components,
whatever it might be.
So, let's take a look at editing my Component_1 here,
just going to double-click on it
to open the library component properties.
I can throw in the designator, really any property,
or information I can see here.
So maybe here, I want to create a simple capacitor,
or something like that, so I'm gonna do a designator of C,
do some sort of description, whatever description I'd like,
symbol reference or library link,
again, whatever I'd like, and I'll call this CAP101,
something like that, and then parameters.
Of course I can add as many
or as few parameter information here
as I may need, so the capacitance value,
pricing, supplier, manufacturer,
really any information I'd like to throw in,
I can throw in as much as I'd like here.
So just click Add, and I'm gonna call this VALUE#1,
and then I can change any of these values again,
for example, what you might see often,
is supplier, manufacturer, current rating,
capacitance value, resistance value, and so forth.
Really whatever parameters you'd like,
you can throw in there, and you can turn them,
visible, not visible, whatever you may need,
for your specific symbol that you're creating here.
Then down below, we'll see this later on as well,
but this Models is essentially
where I would link this schematic symbol
to my PCB footprint,
or to my 3D model.
And first we're gonna create that footprint,
and then make the link between the two,
so then I can easily push from schematic to PCB.
And that's the whole integrated library process.
For now I can just say OK here.
So all I've really changed is the component name
and description, and then I want to draw out my component.
So here I'm at my schematic editor,
I'll probably wanna jump into the Home tab,
and maybe I wanna start by inserting a pin,
so it's gonna be my electrical connection point
or my pins here, and so we can see my pin coming in here,
with a pin number, for example,
and the little X that you're seeing on my pin,
that's where the connection point would be.
It's similar to your symbol placement,
so same idea, the Space bar will rotate,
x and y will flip about your x and y-axis, and so on.
So let's say I'm trying to create a,
simple capacitor symbol here,
I might wanna start at the origin,
is a good place to start, and also if I hit Tab,
I can change the properties of the pin itself,
for example the number that's coming in, three right now,
and the location of that and everything like that.
So I can just hit Tab, and maybe I wanna change this three,
to say a one, and what I want to see visible,
or not visible, turn these on or off,
change the color and so forth,
a whole bunch of properties just specific for the pin there.
And if I'm happy with that, I can say OK.
And then when I see my pin one, looks good to me.
And just click to place, let's say, somewhere about here.
So my pin connection point is right at the origin there,
and now you can see by default, I'm still in my pin command.
If I need to get out, I'll hit the Escape key,
but I actually do wanna place a second pin,
and I'm just gonna make sure I flip this around as well.
So my connection point is coming on the other end,
I'll place something like, here, let's say.
And those are the only two I want,
so now I can hit Escape to get out of my place pin.
And so I'm starting with a nice simple symbol here,
just a capacitor, let's say.
Now I have my two pins, and then I just wanna draw,
whatever you'd like your capacitor to look like,
or your resistor, or any symbol.
So you can do that with a whole number of commands,
you have in your Home tab here.
So you can create circles, rectangles,
ellipses, text, arcs, a whole bunch of different,
essentially drawing commands
to help you draw out your symbols.
In this case I might just use polyline,
should be a good option,
I'm just gonna draw a capacitor symbol,
something like this,
and something like this.
Again, I can hit Tab if I'd like to get
into the properties of even my polylines,
so I could have changed the color,
the thickness, the line style, everything like that.
Again, to jump into the properties,
you can double-click after the fact,
or Tab whenever you're placing anything,
and that should jump you into the properties
of that specific command there.
But, let's say this is what I'm looking for,
for my specific capacitor symbol.
Of course I can edit this, change this,
change the properties before or after the fact,
at any time, but let's say, I'm happy with this drawing.
The main aspects are placing the pins,
making sure your pins line up correctly,
in the correct grid spacing, everything like that,
and then just a drawing out,
whatever your actual component may be.
In this case keeping it simple with a capacitor symbol here.
Then, if we're finished with this,
of course as we're building out,
we wanna make sure to keep saving out our files there.