Verify Libs

Librarian mode shown below

In the Designer mode only the currently Selected Record is verified.

The Librarian mode includes an option to Verify All Files in the Library.

Library references are used in *.PCBLib and *.SCHLib files to identify a specific symbol or footprint within a library.

Each symbol and footprint listed in the database is verified by reading the library files.

The user is alerted if either the file or reference is not found.

Verifying file paths and library references will ensure your parts are displayed in Altium's Components Panel.

Make Library Report when enabled the User Defined Field "Lib Report" will be populated with messages if errors are detected while verifying All Files

Tips:

Single part library files have only one library part reference. Parts supports both single and multiple part library files. However single part libraries are highly recommended.

If all parts are in a single library file how will users be able to collaborate?

If a user opens a library with 1000 parts, then all 1000 parts would be in a locked while the library file is open making it very difficult to collaborate.

Single part files are your best choice for collaboration and library maintenance.

Git Repo Tips:

If a Library Path (Symbol) or Footprint Path file is missing from your Local Repo you may need to ask the user who created the file to Commit and Push the misiing files to the Master Repo.

This applies to missing *.Schlib and *.PcbLib files. 

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Parts Frontend Basics

The New Parts Frontend (11/10/2018 )

Added Octopart Search for Mfr Part Numbers.
Updated Supplier Search for Digi-key and Mouser

Click on images to view

The Parts application was designed to efficiently maintain Altium Database Libraries.

Shortcut Keys:

Ctrl + Home	Jump to the First Record
Ctrl + End	Jump to the Last Record
Tab	Forward to Next Field
Shift + Tab	Back to Previous Field

Parts has standard Window's application commands like:

Ctrl + A               Select All Records.

Ctrl + C               Copy.

Ctrl + V               Paste.

Ctrl + F               Find and Replace.

Ctrl + X               Cut (Delete).

Ctrl + Z               Undo Changes.

When Frontend in the locked state the records are in a view only mode. 

Toggle the Lock/Unlock button to switch between the view only and edit modes.

At the upper left side of the main window are the five most frequently used commands.

New, Make Like, Save, Lock and Delete

User Tips are shown on the status bar at bottom of the main window.

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Database Search

Using the Libraries Panel Search Command Button

As shown below you can enter up to three 'AND'ed" search terms to quickly find parts in your DBLib or SVNDBLib databases.

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