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NOTE You can also right-click and select Insert Attribute or drag the attribute
to insert it.
8 Select WDTYPE, click the Insert Attribute tool, and insert it.
The WDTYPE attribute has a value of “1-” and is invisible by default. It
is required to identify the symbol as a one-line symbol.
9
Select DESC1, click the Insert Attribute tool, and insert it below
TAG1.
10 Repeat to insert the INST and LOC attributes above TAG1.
11 Select MFG, CAT, and ASSYCODE. Click the Insert Attribute tool, and
insert them near the center of the rectangle.
NOTE If the CAT and ASSYCODE attributes are not listed they are inserted
with MFG as a group.
12 Repeat to insert the FAMILY attribute near the center of the rectangle.
Add wire connection attributes
You can define wire connection points for the library symbol. When you add
a wire connection, you select the style, the direction the wire connects from,
and whether to include the optional TERMxx and TERMDESCxx attributes.
In this exercise, wire connection attributes are inserted at the top and bottom
of the symbol.
1 If the Symbol Builder Attribute Editor is not visible,
Click Symbol Builder tab ➤ Edit panel ➤ Palette Visibility Toggle.
2 Expand the Wire Connection section of the Symbol Builder Attribute
Editor.
3 Expand the Direction/Style list and select Top/None.
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