Reuse of Managed Symbols and Footprints

Summary: 

This video demonstrates how to reuse managed symbols and footprints to create new components.  The video shows users the process to create, save, release and then edit a new component within the components panel. 

This process begins by opening the explorer panel within a workspace and a component folder.  In this, one can see the symbols and footprints for a previously imported component within Altium 365.  The user then creates a capacitor component and adds a model and symbol to the new component.  A footprint, and preset 3D model are also included before the component is saved, and the name is copied for future quick search. 

The video concludes with the release of the component, and a search for the new component in the components panel. This process enables new or experienced users to create or edit components within their workspace component library to better customize their component choices within their projects.

Transcript:

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In this video, I'll show you how to reuse managed symbols and footprints when creating components. The first thing you'll do is go and connect to your company workspace.

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Then you can go to the panels button and open the explorer panel.

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If we navigate to the components folder, you'll see there's a models folder with symbols and footprints.

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These symbols and footprints have been previously imported into Altium 365.

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The models may be added to other components that have been released.

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I'll show you how to create a new component using the file new component option. I'll select the capacitors from the component types. It'll open a single component editor, and here I can give the component a name. I will type in caps underscore 402. And I'll give it the same name in the description.

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Under the advanced settings. I want to double check the folder that they are going to be stored in. And you'll see it's capacitors, which is great. I'll also change the package size to 402. Now I can add an existing model by clicking existing. I'll navigate to the models folder so I can choose a symbol, and I can scroll down the list to find the capacitor that I want to use.

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For this symbol.

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We can see there are a few in the list. I'll choose the top one.

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And just click okay.

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This will add it to the component. I will do the same for the footprints. I'll choose existing.

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And instead of scrolling I'll go ahead and type in the footprint name.

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I'll just select the top one here. You can see there's a 3D model showing.

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Along with the footprint. And it'll be added to the component as well.

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At this point we can go ahead and save it to the server. But before I do that, I want to copy the name so I can quickly find it from the components panel. Once it is released. I'll choose release here. I'll put in a release note.

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And now it's saving to the Altium 365 platform.

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I will open my components panel that's already docked, and go ahead and paste the name into the field. Then it filters and you can see it found it. So now I will edit the component. And here you can see we have the symbol and footprint that were added as existing models.

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Thank you for watching.