Before doing anything else, read these two threads...
1) Setting up libraries -
http://www.diptrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10937
2) Forward propagation -
http://www.diptrace.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11277
Now try using one or more of the following procedures that apply to your situation...
Pattern Editor - modifying a standard pattern
To modify a standard DipTrace pattern, copy it to a custom pattern library, modify it there, resave the custom pattern library and then use the modified custom pattern. To create the modified custom pattern...
1) In the
Select Pattern window on the left side of the
Pattern Editor, click on the
Current Library Group selection box and choose the
User Patterns group in the fly-out menu.
2) Now either select the desired custom pattern library in the library list just below the
Current Library Group selection box, or create a new one using the
Library Tools box just below the library list.
3) Click on the
Pattern Tools box just below the
Library Tools box and choose
Insert Patterns from Another Library... in the fly-out menu.
4) In the
Insert Patterns dialog window under "
Libraries", select
Patterns in the drop-down list, select/highlight the standard DipTrace library that contains the desired pattern, select/highlight the desired pattern in the list under "
Patterns" and click on the
[Insert] button.
5) The inserted pattern should now be displayed in the
Design Area and listed in the pattern list in the
Select Pattern window.
6) Make the necessary changes to the pattern.
7) Resave the custom library (
Ctrl +
S).
Component Editor - modifying a standard component
To modify a standard DipTrace component, copy it to a custom component library, modify it there, resave the custom component library and then use the modified custom component. To create the modified custom component...
1) In the
Select Component window on the left side of the
Component Editor, click on the
Current Library Group selection box and choose the
User Components group in the fly-out menu.
2) Now either select the desired custom component library in the library list just below the
Current Library Group selection box, or create a new one using the
Library Tools box just below the library list.
3) Click on the
Component Tools box just below the
Library Tools box and choose
Insert Components from Another Library... in the fly-out menu.
4) In the
Insert Components dialog window under "
Libraries", select
Components in the drop-down list, select/highlight the standard DipTrace library that contains the desired component, select/highlight the desired component in the list under "
Components" and click on the
[Insert] button.
5) The inserted component should now be displayed in the
Design Area and listed in the component list in the
Select Pattern window.
6) Make the necessary changes to the component.
7) Resave the custom library (
Ctrl +
S).
Attaching a custom pattern to a custom component
1) Launch the
Component Editor and select the
User Components library group.
2) Click on the appropriate component library name to display its list of components.
3) Select the desired component. The component should now be displayed in the
Design Area.
4) In the
Component Properties dialog box, click on the
[Pattern...] button to bring up the
Attached Pattern dialog window. In the
Attached Pattern dialog window, the component should already be selected/highlighted in the list on the left side. If not, click on it to select/highlight it.
5) On the right side of the
Attached Pattern dialog window, go to the
Pattern Libraries drop-down list and select
User Patterns.
6) In the
User Patterns library list, select the name of the pattern library that wiil be the source of the component's pattern.
7) To attach a pattern to the component, simply click once on the desired pattern name.
8) Connect the component's pins to the pattern's pads (if they are not already connected) by either dragging wires between them or using the
Pin to Pad Table.
9) Click on
OK.
10) Optional: Sometimes DipTrace does not detect the changes that have been made so, as a precaution, click once more on the already-selected/highlighted component name in the
Component Editor window before saving.
11) Resave the component library (
Ctrl +
S).
You should now be able to find the new component along with its attached pattern after selecting the appropriate library in the
User Components library group. If you want to use the new pattern by itself (no associated component), you should now be able to find it after selecting the appropriate library in the
User Patterns library group.