Add pins

  1. With an open library, click New Symbol, and choose to either draw one from scratch, or import an existing symbol as a basis.
  2. On the Library Symbol toolbar, click Pin Pin icon.
  3. In the Pin dialog, check or set the following properties for each pin before placing it:
    • Rotate orientation; you can right-click to cycle through the 4 options.
    • Function – None, Dot (inverter), Clk (clock), DotClk (inverted clock)
    • Length – Point, Short, Middle, Long
    • Display – Direction, Direction and Pin name
    • Direction – nc (not connected), in, out, io, oc (open collector), pwr, pas (passive), hiz (high impedance), sup (general supply pin)
    • SwapLevel – 0 or higher integer
  4. Click to place each pin, changing properties as required.
Parent page: Library design tools