altium create footprint library from pcb

Otherwise, it won’t work- no matter how fancy it is! In either scenario, the most challenging task in creating a component library system is to get buy-in to create it, and then to provide training for everyone who needs to use it.

I’ve created different component libraries to fit the situation and company and discovered a few things that work and don’t work along the way. Over the years, I’ve had many opportunities to set up library systems for small companies such as SonoSite in Bothell, WA and DCI in Kent, WA as well as very large companies like Microsoft in Redmond, WA. It is highly possible that the PCB library may have to tie in with purchasing, DFM, manufacturing, test, programming, mechanical, and other departments or systems. There is a whole lot more to it if you are looking at a “Company Library.” This method is more applicable to a system library design. If you’re defining a library for yourself, this works just fine. You don’t even need to have the database, just a good schematic symbol file and a footprint file and a method to link them (attributes, packaged libraries, etc.).

Judy Warner: Cherie, before we get started, please take a moment to define what a “library” is and what the full scope of that entails.Ĭherie Litson: Most of us would define a “library” as a consistent file of symbols and a consistent file of footprints (decals, land-patterns, etc.) connected with some form of a database.

Altium create footprint library from pcb