You can find Schematic Symbols and PCB footprints in a number of different ways;
1 - Search via the Component Search Engine
2 - Directly via the RS Online websites
3 - Within our new Obsolescence Manager tool
4 - Or via other websites such as Traceparts, OEMsecrets or on the component manufacturers own websites.
Finding parts in DS is extremely difficult as there is no standard search nomenclature. Try to find a polarised radial capacitor with 5mm pin spacing or simply a "jumper". This is something that needs attention as the whole building a component from the manufacturer makes it manufacturer specific and to get a design out quickly one needs generic components and then one gets the parts later. Otherwise I build my own which time consuming.
It would be great to have a user forum with their own parts which could be imported even if they are a bit messy. They could be rated and people can choose them or not.
I find the whole DS component library a barrier to using DS over other CAD programs, even though DS has other superior features.
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