Altium DBLIB - Best Practices (Tips)

Tip 1:

When you place a part in a schematic from a database library the Design ID, Source (DBLIB Name) and Table Name will be embedded in the symbol.

Choose a good name for your DBLIB file. Do NOT change the name over time. This will prevent NOT Found parts in the project provided you have not deleted the part from the database and the database is installed in the Components Panel.

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Tip 2:

Create Resistor, Capacitor and Inductor symbols using equally sized components.

These symbols should be the same size with the same origin and rotation.

Pin 1 should be the top pin in all three of the symbols.

This will simplify swapping parts in the design and minimize rework in the PCB.

Tip 3:

More tips will be placed here in the coming weeks.

That's it !