Simply drag a selection box around all of the component's pads to be renumbered, right-click on what you want to be pad # 1 and select Pad Array Numbers. By the way, just in case you didn't know, there is a convenient pad renumbering tool in the DipTrace Pattern Editor. I looked all over and couldn't find it, so I copied the pin creation sequence used by the creator of the STEP file. Thanks for the heads up about the numbering sequence. This will help you solve the problem of updating components. After that, you will want to read this thread explaining forward propagation in DipTrace. Here is a thread with a very basic explanation of the DipTrace library structure with an unofficial recommendation on how to set up the library manager. What was I doing wrong? Sorry for the long-winded narrative. Eureka! The correctly numbered pattern popped up. I spent an hour trying to figure out how to fix this.closed and re-opened both editors, could not get the the Pin to Pad Table to do anything (no pin numbers showing in the table?) and finally in desperation assigned the next pattern in the list to the component and then switched back to the correct pattern. The un-modified pattern was still showing with mismatched pin to pad assignments. Opened the Components editor, selected the component and opened the Attached Pattern window. Re-opened the Pattern editor to make sure the changes were really saved.they were. I opened the pattern editor, changed the numbering, saved the library and closed the editor. So after getting your files to show up in the User Components library, I noticed that the pin numbering didn't match the manufacturer's numbering of the matching free-hanging connector. I'm really struggling to get a handle on the Library structure and the difference between a folder and a library. lib file always referred to a single component or pattern. I then downloaded your files and had a lot of trouble getting the components to show up in the User Components library until I figured out that the files were actually libraries of multiple components. Before using your files I decided to make my own component and pattern for practice and succeeded without too much trouble. To retrieve the factory 3D STEP file for part number 1-1586037-2, go here and scroll down to the " CAD Files" section. The default custom libraries location for Windows is C:\Users\\Documents\DipTrace\My Libraries. Just drop the files into your "User" (custom) patterns/components library folder(s), or whatever custom patterns/components repository you have created, and make sure the file manager has a link to it. If you dislike my component drawing style for connectors, you are more than welcome to re-draw them any way you like. against the official TE Connectivity data sheet before using. Double check all dimensions, hole sizes, pad diameters, pin numbers, etc. Keep in mind that I have never used any of these on an actual PCB so I cannot guarantee a proper fit or fire resistance. Included below is a newly-created pattern library named " 1586037.lib" and component library named " 1586037.eli" with patterns attached. The official "manufacturer" is TE Connectivity who absorbed AMP a while back. DipTrace doesn't seem to have included that connector in their standard libraries.
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