Full component updates – including the graphical symbol, model references and parameters can be performed using the Update From Libraries command. After placement, design parameter information can be synchronized between placed components and their corresponding linked records in the database, using the Update Parameters From Database command. Placement is carried out from the Libraries panel which, after installing the database library, acts as a browser into your database. Altium Designer provides the ability to place components directly from a company database by creating and using a Database Library (*.DBLib). My goal is to have as little footprints as possible, so I can maintain them easily, but because of the above mentioned issue the number of footprints in our library is growing fast, even for simple passive components.Using Components Directly from Your Company Database Summary This application note provides detailed information on using components from a database using Altium Designer's Database Library feature. a 'default' footprint for most capacitors, but individual footprints/3D models for capacitors that have slightly larger dimensions?
Do you use a single 0603 footprints for 'all' 0603 components, maybe with a 3D model which has the maximum dimensions?ĭo you use separate footprints for each resistor or each capacitor? (which would result in thousands of -almost- identical footprints)
Also, resistors have a different 3D model than capacitors, so I cannot use a single footprint/3D model combination for both.
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