That way, the info will carry through to future schematic or PCB layout projects. Other PCB assembly security restrictions may prevent you from accessing the Internet altogether.įortunately, Altium Designer provides you with PCB layout tools to fully establish the mechanical details of your components. Or maybe your organization doesn’t allow externally-sourced CAD data of any sort, thus preventing you from downloading the models. You may not have an internal MCAD department. There may be situations when you either can’t or simply don’t want to use a STEP model for snap points. Altium Designer ® supports embedding STEP models to provide accurate modeling information that can not only be passed over to the MCAD world, but can also be used directly in ECAD tools. Others use outdated methods like DXF or IDF to exchange information. Some have none at all, so all mechanical information needs to be supplied by an MCAD tool. Does Your Design Tool Support 3D Modeling?ĭifferent EDA environments offer different levels of support for 3D modeling. And regardless of the electrical design tool’s 3D capabilities, without accurate component 3D layer modeling information, you can’t accurately analyze mechanical clearances. Transferring inaccurate design data back and forth between the ECAD and MCAD worlds not only causes frustrations for both design teams, but can also drastically increase the number of design spins required to fit the PCB into its final assembly. My option to copy from the library is greyed out, and I have tried several hours trying to get around it with no avail.In today’s PCB design process, you need to be able to integrate mechanical design workflows into an electrical design tool.
Right-click in the list of footprint names and choose Paste. Right-click and choose Copy, switch to the target library, Using the standard SHIFT + Click or CTRL + Click, Or select one or more footprints in the list in the PCB Library panel Select Edit » Copy Component when the footprint to be copied is active in the PCB Library Editor,Ĭhange to the open PCB destination library and select Edit » Paste Component , Select placed footprint(s) in a PCB document and copy ( Edit » Copy )Īnd paste them into an open PCB library using Edit » Paste Component, or If you want to copy existing footprints to your PCB library, you can: The copied footprint can then be renamed and modified to match the specifications required. You can copy existing footprints into your PCB library.
This is Altium 09 and not the new one with access to the vault.Īccording to the website: Adding Footprints from Other Sources I want to start my own library and eventually end with a big library.
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