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How to create capacitors and electrical resistors
Marcello Savoldi edited this page Sep 14, 2022
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The components with a different name, but same dimensions of package, can be created as a Family Table. In the Family Table we have to add the variants:
- Alias (file name).
-
Common Name
(i.e. the family of the electrical part and the name of the Generic instance for Creo); it must be the same for each instance of the family: use*
. -
DESCRIPTION
(it has to match Wingst). -
HEIGHT
dimension (it can be found in Wingst in the row "Geometry.Height").
Every time we add a variant on the Family Table, we have to add it also in the List of Family Tables for capacitors and resistors.
TIP: using a dedicated website to convert an Excel table to Markdown makes life easier:
tablesgenerator.com is a good one, for instance.
- Open the Family Table in Creo.
- Temporarily delete the
Common Name
column.- Select the table and copy (
Ctrl+C
).- Open the website in a browser and click
File
->Paste table data
-> click on the blank box ->Ctrl+V
.
AlsoCtrl+V
directly on the table should work. Pay attention to be working under the Markdown tab, since other languages are available for conversions.- Click the
Generate
button.- Copy the result and paste it in the GitHub page.
In case you have to create a new Generic, you can open the part capacitors_and_resistors.prt
and click File
-> Save As
-> New part.
Things to check and modify accordingly to @icub-tech-iit/silo-electr where needed:
- The dimension of the footprint (same for all family parts).
- The maximum tolerance dimensions of the package (same for all family parts).
- Pay attention that the
Common Name
of the Generic is the name of the "family" without the.prt
extension, in case change it with a rename plugged "renamed in session" and changing the name
NOTE: please reduce small surfaces as much as possible. Use cosmetics features for low interest details.