Use this dialog to create a symbol definition from the selected objects.
Name — The symbol definition is given a default name. Change it to, for example, transistor.
Description — Enter or select the description for the symbol definition. This description is displayed in the Create symbol dialog to help identify the symbol definition required.
Store in — You can store the symbol definition in the current model or a library model.
— Click to browse for symbol libraries outside the model database. The
Open Library dialog is displayed where you select a symbol library.
Keep items — Select this option to store the objects representing the symbol definition with it. In this case, if a symbol (created from the symbol definition) is converted (using Home tab > Utilities panel > Convert > Symbol), it converts into these stored individual objects. Deselect this option if you do not want to store the objects with the symbol definition. In this case, if the symbol is converted, its geometry converts into a series of lines.
Enter Pins by clicking or using point form — Pins are positions on the symbol definition. They are used to position the symbol and as key points on the symbol. You cannot accurately snap onto a symbol where no pin exists, therefore we recommend you add extra pins where other objects are most likely to connect with the symbol.
A symbol definition must have at least one pin. Enter a position to create a pin. You can either click a position on the screen or click the
Position
button to display the
Position dialog and use this dialog to enter a position. When you enter pins, they are marked by a circle. If you input the wrong position for a pin, click the pin marker to remove it.
In the example, the pins are entered as shown below:
The first pin is the default pin selected when creating symbols, therefore enter the first pin as the most likely point to position the symbol.
Apply — Creates the symbol definition and allows you to create another symbol definition. Box-select the group of objects for the next symbol definition, then complete the dialog and enter pins.
OK — Creates the symbol definition and closes the dialog. All the selected objects are stored in the definition, and deleted from your model.
Cancel — Closes the dialog without creating a symbol definition.