Default values for a custom schematic library

[redrobingarden]

Hi guys! This is my first post in this wonderful blog that I should have joined years ago.

Here's my question. I use a custom schematic library for a project I'm making. Every time I add a new component, it is automatically filled with a bunch of default values that happen to be a PIC MCU I used once. So, every time i add a new blank component, and I have to go in there and delete all the default microchip pic values. I've been doing this way too often, and I'm sure there's a way to get at the default values somewhere.

Anyone have any idea how I can fix this?

Thanks a bunch for reading!

[Psi]

How exactly do you mean full of default values.

Do you mean that every time you click the 'add' button in the schematic editor you get a physical PIC mcu symbol and you must delete it plus all its pins and labels so you can start your new schematic symbol ?

Or is it more about default properties like value / package version / publisher. etc. all the stuff you get when double clicking on a component.?


Normally when i want to make a new schematic symbol in my library i go find something similar to what i want in one of my projects. Then i right-click/copy that and right-click/paste into the schematic editor library window.  That way i'm not starting from scratch all the time.

[redrobingarden]

Thanks for the reply!

When I click on add in my schematic library i get a component has footprints of a specific PIC along with default property values for that specific PIC.

Normally when i want to make a new schematic symbol in my library i go find something similar to what i want in one of my projects. Then i right-click/copy that and right-click/paste into the schematic editor library window.

Your advice sounds great (i'm an altium n00b) I never did that but will certainly be doing that in the future.

I do like importing parts from suppliers and starting off with that data though. When I do that, I get the supplier properties along with the damn PIC values.