Homepage>Tutorial>
Content
  1. Component Attributes
  2. Define BOM Parameters
  3. Modify Symbol Pinmap Information
  4. Prefixes and Pin Numbers
  5. PCB Prefix and Spice Prefix

Component Attributes

After selecting a component, you can find the component’s attributes in the right hand Properties panel.

picture 163

1.Component Attributes:

You can change the Prefix and Name here，And make them visible or invisible.
If you want edit this component, you can click Edit Symbol.
picture 162

If the component’s property “Convert to PCB” is set as “No”, it will not appear at footprint manager.

2.Custom Attributes:

You can change component’s supplier, change footprint, and add new parameter.

Define BOM Parameters

After selected a schematic symbol, you can add a parameter, and you can mark it as In BOM, when you export a BOM file, you can find this parameter in CSV file.

Modify Symbol Pinmap Information

When you select a component, for opening the Modify symbol information dialog, you can do:

  • Or press the I hotkey;
  • Or click the Edit Symbol on the Parts Attributes on the left panel.
  • Or click the Symbol and right-click, choose the “Edit Symbol” menu.

Using this dialog you can edit the pin names and numbers, for example, to suit a different footprint or device variant. You can also enter a Spice Prefix and swap the spice Pin order to make your symbol usable in simulation.

picture 162

More detailed description of PCB and Spice Prefixes and pin numbers at next section.

Prefixes and Pin Numbers

Device and subcircuit (or hierarchical block) symbols created for use in schematics that are intended to be run as spice simulations, in addition to having a PCB Prefix that is used for the reference designator in the schematic, also have a Spice Prefix. They also have two sets of pin numbers: PCB pins and Spice pins.

PCB Prefix and Spice Prefix

For more information please refer at Simulation: Schematic symbols: prefixes and pin numbers

goToTop