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what is the "convert" in part window of CIS explorer

robin chu over 12 years ago

There is a "convert" radio button in part window after openning CIS explorer.

what is it about? when can i use it?

0 oldmouldy over 12 years ago

When you create a graphical symbol for use with Capture, or Capture CIS, you create a "Normal" view. There is also the option to create a "Convert" view, basically another graphical represenattion of exactly the same part. This can be used to create a Horizontal and Vertical resistor, for example, this allows the library designer to control where the properties are placed in each case, rather than rely on the regular part rotation behaviour.
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0 Theodor over 9 years ago

A very good use of this "convert" view is to create smaller resistors and caps. The original ones that are part of the package are too large to fit around dense parts. For example, you can create a resistor that takes up 2 grid sizes instead of 5 (body of the resistor is 2 grids, and pins are zero length.) Here is a screenshot:
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0 CSPanMan over 4 years ago

Is it possible to create more than two views for a part? By two views I mean the .Normal and .Convert views. It would be really nice if I could have a third schematic symbol for one of my parts.
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