asmi: it's funny you brought up sym/fp/3d for parts...I JUST used something called ultralibrarian for orcad - the orcad came wiith a free sub to it and I just used it for a part I needed - pretty awesome.
Yea, I know about that, but I'm still on a trial version, so I don't yet have access to UL. Still, their "Create part from spreadsheet" is very good - it allows to create a table in Excel, and then just copy-paste it there.
But I meant mostly organizing physical files with padstacks/footprints/3d models, as each one of them is a separate file, so just dumping them into single folder will quickly create unmanageable mess.
when I first talked to the sales girl I asked about organizing parts and she ssaid theres something called cip to do that. I dont have enough parts yet for it to be a problem
You should've asked her how much is it