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Supplier Link --> Parameters in .schlib

mflux_gamble

Circuit studio seems to be missing the ability to import parameter names and values from supplier links.  You can search suppliers pretty similar, but you cannot drag/drop onto schematics, or schematic libraries.  The CS documentation makes reference to the supplier link fields being reported on BOM's exported from CS.

 

This seems like a silly omiision.

 

Any way to get this to work that anyone knows of?

 

thanks!

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  • in reply to jamesharrimanaltium

    Unfortunately this isn't very helpful. The main issue is that I am commonly building resistors and components on a daily basis. At work I use Altium, and it's a breeze. Right click > add supplier links and parameters. This was available in AD17, and thus is fundamental built into the framework of Circuit Studio. Now I need to manually copy and paste 10-20 parameters from my suppliers into my component parameters. This becomes an even bigger headache when you finally go to your CM, and like 30% of the parts on the PCBA change due to sourcing. For example I am trying to add a simple 1.2k 5% 0402 resistor, and your vault doesn't have any in stock 1.2k 5% 0402 resistors. But I can get an obscure SoC, and if I was going to add an obscure SoC I would make it by hand, as I would not trust your library to be correct.

     

    Frankly Circuit Studio is the best option for my contracting projects because its affordable, but the limitations are arbitrary. Why even have supplier links, if you can't import the manufacturer part number? My BOMs that go to CMs in China don't even include the supplier part number, as they are going to independently source the component. All they want is the Manufacturer and PN.

  • in reply to canada13records

    Let me know if I'm missing something here, but i just want a simple way to add resistors and capacitors. And I need to be able to specify the PN.