

In the bottom left is the 'Edit Pins' button, which lets you edit most of the pins' properties. Change PCB Library - click to open the Edit PCB Library dialog to change the PCB library of the selected footprint. The problem with doing this however is that those changes will be lost if you ever update the component from the libraries.ĭouble click on the component to bring up its dialog box. ALTIUM DESIGNER ® A unified PCB design package with the best CAD tools for PCB layout and silkscreen placement. Footprints can be created manually from the ground up or. Create copy - when this option is selected, a new model will be created based on the existing one. This Altium Designer 19 Essentials module will walk you through creating a PCB Footprint Library using various methods. Two options are available when editing a component. Altium, Eagle, KiCAD, Cadence OrCad/Allegro, PADS, DxDesigner, PCB123, Pulsonix, Proteus. No messing around in Explorer.Īlternatively, you can edit some features of the component directly within the schematic pins names/numbers, description, footprint, etc. Fig.3 - New Component Footprint Selection There may be times when changes to the model are required. library it should work across multiple devices. This will take you straight to the schematic library with the chosen component open and ready to be edited. On the right is a button which brings up the libraries. One of those components needs to be modified for some reason, but there's no easy way to edit the component in the library itself without going to find it.įirstly, you should really have your libraries installed in Altium. I assume what you mean is you have a schematic which contains components wired together.
