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Integrated Libraries Training

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Review by Zion Blue | Cynetik Group

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Document Version 1.2 April 2015.

This paper was written based on my personal experiences of design and should not be construed as a definitive guide on the use of Altium Designer software, so it does not replace training adequately informed or a particular teaching a institute or company training. Herein should be construed as a guide for the designer, which is full of small tips that will help save many hours of desperation in the search for a solution to a problem.

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Integrated Libraries Training4


Starting in the Integrated Libraries AD

Altium Designer platform is based on a file structure that are linked through the main project. This means that a file Schematic free may not be linked to its corresponding Footprint unless they are both within a project previously created. Much of AD beginners make the mistake of trying to compile a library of files in Schematic or PCB free, so it can not be linked not find the option to compile.

The first thing to understand is that nothing can be out of the project, the project is the foundation on which the entire file structure in AD is based.

Of course you can work separately on both the schematic and the PCB, but are not able to integrate all if these files are not included in the project.Therefore, it is recommended to beginners first build the proyect and then include the other binding files.

Exercise 1: Generate a Integrated Library Proyect

Make a Integrated Library Proyect following these next route:File/New/Project..

Selected Integrated Library in the nex Tab and chose the Location:

Do not forget to clik OK.Once generated should look like this:

Now we have created the project. The following is added libraries Schematic and PCB following these nex steps:Right Click on the Integrated Library Proyect and select the next route: Add New to Proyect/Schematic Libraryand also:Add New to Proyect/PCB Library

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Once generated should look like this:

Now, right click in the Schlib1. SchLib and selected the Save As.. Option:

Name your file, chose the Location and click Save.

Repeat the procedure for the PCBLib1. Once you have these files in the Integrated Library now you can work on them.

Finally, right click again on the project and se-lected Save Proyect to unite all files. The Library should look like:

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Modifying Previous Libraries

One of the simple tricks to generate a quickly library is modifying a previous library.

Many libraries Altium found in this link:

http://techdocs.altium.com/display/ADOH/Download+Libraries

The libraries installed by default can be a good starting point to create a library.

Exercise 2: Mofifying Previous Library

Locate the libraries installed on your computer (usually installed in: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Altium\AD14.3\Library)

You copy the Miscellaneous Devices library in the folder where you saved the its own library.

Right double click on the Miscellaneous Devices Library and wait for it to open. In the nex tab selected: Extract Sources to open the library:

Thus you can access the files Schematic and PCB of the library.

Right double click on the Schematic and PCB Miscellaneous Devices Library to open on screen.

Search in the Schematic library the component for LED in the tab of SCH Library. This tab usually located docking to one side of the working window. If not displayed, you can display it in following the route: View/Workspace Panels/SCH/SCH Library


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Right click on the component and selected Copy in the tab:

Go to your library created and in the SCH Library Tab set right click and selected Paste.

Do the same with the component in PCB:

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Finally, we go to the Projects tab and we right click on each file to select and save.

From here we can modify the libraries of how we want.

In this exercise we will modify the library in schematic and PCB to practice using the tools of the Schematics and Footprints generator. For the Schmatics generator we will use the drawing tools:

For the PCB generator we will use others drawings tools:

Once we have become accustomed to using these tools we can go to include a 3D model in the PCB library .

For this, we copy the * .step file found in the package of exercises and included in our libraries folder.

Now, go to your PCB Library and place this 3D Bodys following the route: Place/3D Body

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In this dialog box you must select the file location to include as explained below:

You must enable the Generic STEP Model option:

Once done you enable the option to select the location of the file to include:

You must press the button Embed Step Model to select the path where the file is to be included.

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In this dialog box you must select the file location and select : LED5MM Leads.STEP and click Open.

In the next dialog box make sure the file is correct and press ok. In other time will be returned to this dialog to configure other options.

Once you click ok you can place the component on the footprint. Only a square is displayed when in 2D mode.

If this is done correctly should look something like this:

Once you place the component and left click will automatically reopen the dialog box above, this makes for replacing another component. We will use this option to place the following model * .STEP click on Embed Step Model.


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When the dialog box appears select the next component in * .STEP named LED5MM Light Blue.STEP. This should be done as above procedure.

Also you must ensure that the file is correct.

Trick: Usually the option of Preview the file * .STEP is disabled. So it is useful to activate for greater certainty that component will include. We do this by clicking in the green arrow located at the upper right of this dialog box. This can only be done in some versions of AD.

This is an easy way to select the correctly 3D body before placing in the footprint.

Once we click the Open button, will re-open a dialog box where we need to ensure we have the correct component later to click on the OK button.

Once you click ok you can place the component on the footprint. If this is done correctly should look something like this:



Once are placed the two 3D bodies we proceed to place them in their proper position. To do this, we need to view the PCB in 3D view.To display the 3D view only have to press the 3 button on the keyboard.

The first thing to do is place the leads. Press shift button a sphere appears in the place in which position the mouse. Whit this sphere we can rotate the 3D component in view that we want.

We rotate the components to give a view similar to the following:

We use the tool Aling Face Whit Board found in the route: Tools/3D Body Placement/Aling Face Whit Board:

Pressing this tool will only see that the cursor a sign +. With this cursor will indicate which face we want to align with PCB. First we will press ONLY ONE Left click in the base of one of the leads.

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Was observed with a box selected blue. Pressing one more time Left click , this aligned with the PCB.

Do the same with LED5MM Light Blue body, Clicking on the bottom of the dome:

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Once displayed so, we will proceed to place them in the correct position.



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Press Shift and move the cursor for show the bottom face.

We subjected the leads and align with the holes in the pad.

Again we press shift and rotate the display to show this:

Press double click in the 3D Body Leads to display the dialog box component properties.

In this dialog we will modify the position of the component Standoff Height to place the leads within the holds of the pads. Once done we click on OK.

You must do several times to find the right position where you must place the component.

The suggestion is to play around with these settings to get used to them.


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Repeat this procedure for the LED5MM Light Blue 3D body and place it on the leds in the proper position until you have this appearance:

Go to the properties of LED5MM Light Blue 3D Body component and change the 3D Color Opacity for to make the most realistic display.



Be sure to save all once you finished the above steps.

Go to your personal Schematic Library. It is in this library where we schematic linking the PCB.

To add the model footprint go to the bottom and check what library is included in the Editor.

To add the model footprint click on the Add Footprint.

In the following dialog box should seek the Library previously generated by pressing the Browse button.

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When it opens another dialog box must select the footprint model just made. Note: when is not yet saved the component, this is not displayed within the options above. Select it and we click on OK.

In the following dialog box we must ensure that the component library PCB is correct. Once done, we press the button OK.

Always make sure to save everything after each modification.

Lets go to the tab Projects. We click in the right button on your personal Integrated Libres and selected Compile Integrated Library.

Once this is done our library appear in the repertoire of altium libraries.

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