As we’ve covered in other posts on schematic symbols, one of the key goals of a librarian is to maintain consistency, both…

While having appropriate labeling and naming for schematic symbols is the most critical aspect of organizing your symbol library, ensuring…

Optimum’s symbol library makes extensive use of various abbreviations in symbol names. Our previous posts have dealt with the pins…

Much like your library of footprints or cells, proper naming conventions are critical for easy identification and utilization of schematic…

At various points in your design process it may be necessary to modify the pin naming or numbering of components…

If you're familiar with Optimum Design's work, you probably know all about our EMS and PCB design services. What you…

Dimensioning data can be an invaluable tool to PCB designers and librarians. It helps ensure accuracy and consistency, with necessary…

General Process Overview Select a symbol Export pins to ms excel spreadsheet Make pin changes in the spreadsheet Import pins…

Mentor’s Display Control gives designers and librarians myriad options for influencing how a design is displayed on the screen. The…

For increased consistency within a PCB library, it is often best to create new library parts from previously existing components…

There will come a time when the pin numbering on one of your library components just isn’t right. Gates could…