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Creating New Symbols Using Symbol Editor

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You can also add a title to your symbol. Keep in mind that you might have several instances of the same device in your schematic. These parts of the same device type are identified on your schematic by their "Part Titles". You can make your symbol display the part title on the schematic. For this purpose, create a text box using the Text Tool and enter "[title]" for the text. The brackets indicate that the contents of the text box must be retrieved from the part's properties, in this case, its title. When you use this symbol in the Workshop, the title field will be replaced with the name of the part instance.
Besides its title, a part may have many other properties or [[parameters]]. You can also display the values of these [[parameters]] on the part's symbol. For example, a resistor has the parameter "resistance" with the units of Ohm. In order to display a part's parameter as part of the symbol, create a text box using the Text Tool and for its text enter the name of the device parameter enclosed by brackets. For example, enter "R = [resistance]" for your resistor. The [resistance] portion of the text field will be replaced with the value of resistance for that model. On the schematic, it will appear as "R = 1k" if the resistance value is 1k.
You can change the font of your symbol's text. Note that fonts are stored in the parts database, but the colors are not. To change the font, first select and highlight the text and then select "Set Custom Font..." from Symbol Editor's Edit Menu. Choose the desired font, font style, font size and click OK.
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