Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> Here's what I do:
> Draw a resistor somewhere (Add component → Basic devices →
resistor-2.sym).
Oh my, a symbol without a value attribute!
I forgot, just how light the default library symbols are.
Can anyone point me to a reason? Why do we distribute the
default library in such a crippled state? Yes, a default
library can only be a starting point and cannot fit
everybody's needs. But does the starting point really
have to be so poor that it fits virtually nobody's needs?
> Right click the resistor and select ”Edit…”.
> Add attribute → Name: → Select ”value”.
> Value: → Enter ”390kΩ”.
> Click ”Add”.
> ☑ Visible ⇨ Select ”Show value only”.
> Click ”Close”.
If you want to fit the value inside the box of the
resistor, the best way would be to change the alignment
of the text from bottom-left to middle-left:
1) select the text:
click on the symbol --> The whole symbol gets highlighted
then click on the text --> only the text is highlighted
2) type [ex] --> edit-text-properties dialog appears
click on the chooser right of "Alignment"
choose "Middle Left"
click "ok"
3) type [m] --> the text is attached to the mouse cursor
move the mouse so that the text is at the desired position
left mouse click --> the text detaches from the mouse cursor
You may take a look at the symbols in http://gedasymbols.org
Many of them are "heavy", meaning, they come with value and
footprint attribute included.
<shameless-plug>
My collection is here:
http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/
The symbols are consistent with my footprints.
</shameless-plug>
gedasymbols.org allows anonymous CVS access. You can download
all symbols of the site to your hard disk if you wish.
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