The basic setup is working just fine, and I have added new tables for inductors and diodes on top of the example. The symbol and footprint linking works as expected.
However, I am having trouble with linking multiple symbols to a part. I have used a database library with Siemens tools for many years now, so I’ll use that as an example. When adding a component, I can choose the symbol:
Each one has a different display style, as shown here:
Thus far, I have created one additional symbol in my symbol library, and I’m trying to reference it from the database by adding it to a semicolon-separated list:
The first part (with only one symbol, Device:R) works just fine and the symbol is displayed in the schematic. However, the second part with two symbols (Device:R;Device:R_Compact), doesn’t work and shows an empty symbol. I’ve tested that Device:R_Compact works on its own, so it can’t be a case of the symbol not being found.
i think that at the moment, multiple symbols or footprint from dblibs are not possible,
if you think it is useful i suggest to vote the following feature request on github:
For the examples above there is no need for additional symbols. You can easily rotate (press R, and even rotate the refdes/values independently) and dragging the refdes and value to an new location is easy. You can copy/paste that part over and over if you need more with those new locations.
The “demorgan” feature for alternate gate symbols (or opamp with inputs swapped) can let you define a second version of a symbol which works for some folks. I use a database and want everything specified there.
I use an “AltSym” table in my database for a second symbol – the unique part number is identical, but it shows up on the BOM with a different table prefix. Works for me.
Thank you,
i didn’t realized the relative feature request had been completed.
From the modified code i suppose that a ‘;’ separator on the footprint field
in my case it doesn’t seem to happen, the drop-down contains only the first footprint item of the list. ‘;’ should not be a special character, so no escape sequence should be required on the db (MySQL)
Any idea?
Version: 7.0.9-7.0.9~ubuntu23.04.1, release build
same on 7.99
P.S.
Now i understood how the stuff is supposed to work :
in the schematic symbol editor, setup a Footprint filter for the valid footprint:
the information about multiple fooprints is not recovered from the DB but from the schematic library filter, not what i would have preferred but i think i can live with it.
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