Symbol Library Browser

Introduction

The Symbol Library Browser allows you to quickly examine the content of symbol libraries. The Symbol Library Viewer can be accessed by clicking icons/library_browse_png icon on the main toolbar, selecting “Library Browser” entry in the “View” menu or double clicking symbol image on “Choose Symbol” window.

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Viewlib - main screen

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To examine the contents of a library, select a library from the list on the left hand pane. All symbols in the selected library will appear in the second pane. Select a symbol name to view the symbol.

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Symbol Library Browser Top Toolbar

The top tool bar in Symbol Library Brower is shown below.

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The available commands are:

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Selection of the desired library which can be also selected in the displayed list.

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Selection of the symbol which can be also selected in the displayed list.

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Display previous symbol.

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Display next symbol.

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Zoom tools.

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Selection of the representation (normal or converted) if exist.

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Selection of the unit for symbols that contain multiple units.

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If it exist, display the associated documents. Exists only when called by the place symbol dialog frame from Eeschema.

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Close the browser and place the selected symbol in Eeschema. This icon is only displayed when browser has been called from Eeschema (double click on a symbol in the component chooser).