In addition to the on-board library for DesignSpark Electrical, which comprises around 250,000 parts, there are additional parts available in the Trace Parts online portal, these can be easily accessed and added to your own library.
When using DesignSpark Electrical there are two easy ways to access the online library. Either go to Help > Online content,
or via Library > Manufacturer parts manager > Online content.
Either route will take you to the repository of parts within Trace Parts online where you can browse or search for the parts you need.
Once you have found the part to download, scroll down the product page, select a format to download in, and click the grey download button to the right of it. The 'DesignSpark Electrical' format can be added to the DSE Symbols manager with the 'Unarchive' tool. DWG files can also be imported to the symbols manager.
When the file has been prepared, download it from 'My activity' on the right hand side of the webpage.
The part will be downloaded to your local system. Import with Symbols Manager in DSE and assign the newly imported parts to an existing class within the Manufacturer parts manager menu. This will allow you to search for and insert the symbols into schematics and wiring diagrams.
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which scale when importing files ? i mean importing dwg or dxf files
i did with Autocad but is more than 10 times bigger.
how to add new classes?
i'm working with non standard parts, and i got footprint, i need to create different classes with different parts library.
thank you
The description below cannot be practically implemented . Where do you find Unclassed in any of the menus ? When loading online cad files they disappear into DesignSpark program , never to be found .
."New parts can initially be loaded into the Unclassed elements library, and can be dragged and dropped into a more relevant classification if necessary within the Manufacturer parts manager menu."
I downloaded a part from RS. And now? How can this be added to a library? How can I use it ?
I am having the same problem as Peter Achatz. Once downloaded it remains stubbornly inaccessible.
How do we use it?
I am having the same problem as Peter and Gary... this is entry level stuff, but for those of us intermediate level computer people, the problem is maddening.
Downloading is super easy.
Implementing is the hurdle.
I extracted the zip folder to the file address I see in the library directory, the library I used to access the more common components in the project. I did not see the part in the library.
I tried downloading the RS component installer program. It tells me "Please click Settings for DesignSpark PCB." I searched DesignSpark PCB unsuccessfully for 90 minutes. It was a productive 90 minutes, but never did I find a tab or a button labeled "Settings" to click, nor did I find a way to implement my downloaded part.
Could sombody please break this down?
I downloaded a file 'DesignSpark Mechanical" from Traceparts for a Siemens contactor, because there was no option for "DesignSpark Electrical", but it was useless. RS does not have this part in stock, and therefore has no info for this part. Could one at least edit an existing library? The information is extremely poor.
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