Last time I chose a series of resistors from Yageo and put the whole value set into the database in the matter of minutes, that was over 9000 different values(E192) and sizes (0201/0402/0603/0805 IPC L,M,N), just because Yageo manufacturing part's number was predictable, and was easy to create that many parts just by creating a simple excel sheet with the sequential numbering. The advantage of using Dblibs is that you can quickly create a lot of parts with similar part numbers, such as resistors. The best way forward in my opinion is to use Dblibs and create all the part numbers in there, while having only one resistor symbol. What is your preferred way / best practice when using resistors and capacitors in schematic sheets where the values differ but other specs are the same - reuse the same component or create a new component in a schematic library?Īll what Dan Mills said is correct, and I have created new libraries in every workplace I have moved to, because the existing ones were badly organised, and hence hard to use. It is also easier to update changes later to the same part in all schematics, add in suppliers etc.ĭepending on the situation, I can see there are many different ways to manage Altium components. In a new project, I have moved to a model where I copy the Altium "Res3" to a new schematic library and modify the value, footprint and power dissipation etc, as I would when adding a new IC. Although the project worked and all the information about values and footprints are shown in a BOM, the disadvantage using this method is tracking previously used components when you need to decide which resistor to use. For each Res3 I place, I only changed the value and footprint as required. In the past when drawing resistors in Altium schematics, I have only used "Res3" from the supplied Alitum default library "Miscellaneous Devices.IntLib".
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