Understanding libraries
Posted: 23 Nov 2016, 09:38
Newbie struggling to understanding how the libraries are organized.
1 - Does "Symbols EIC" mean IEC symbols (is EIC a typo?)
2 - How does "Con Board In" differ from "Con Headers" and "Con Wire to Board"? Those all sound very similar to me.
3 - Where do I find standard 0.1" (2.54mm) header pins? (Single and double row.) It's not obvious which library to look in. When I look, I see lots of things that might be what I'm looking for, not sure what the differences are.
4 - In the "Con" libraries is there any pattern to the numeric names of each symbol? (Other than the last digits are the number of pins - I figured that out.)
5 - Is there a way to mark keying pins on a header (pins knocked out for polarization)?
6 - Within each library, is there a way to sort the component names? Sometimes they seem to be already sorted, but at other times (for example "Con Headers") the order seems kind of random.
I saw this old thread: http://www.diptrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1162
That's from 5 years ago, when there was (I think) only one "Connectors" library. Now in v3.0.0.2 there are 20 "Con" libraries, so things are not so simple!
A general explanation of how the libraries are organized, and what to expect in each one would be really helpful.
1 - Does "Symbols EIC" mean IEC symbols (is EIC a typo?)
2 - How does "Con Board In" differ from "Con Headers" and "Con Wire to Board"? Those all sound very similar to me.
3 - Where do I find standard 0.1" (2.54mm) header pins? (Single and double row.) It's not obvious which library to look in. When I look, I see lots of things that might be what I'm looking for, not sure what the differences are.
4 - In the "Con" libraries is there any pattern to the numeric names of each symbol? (Other than the last digits are the number of pins - I figured that out.)
5 - Is there a way to mark keying pins on a header (pins knocked out for polarization)?
6 - Within each library, is there a way to sort the component names? Sometimes they seem to be already sorted, but at other times (for example "Con Headers") the order seems kind of random.
I saw this old thread: http://www.diptrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1162
That's from 5 years ago, when there was (I think) only one "Connectors" library. Now in v3.0.0.2 there are 20 "Con" libraries, so things are not so simple!
A general explanation of how the libraries are organized, and what to expect in each one would be really helpful.