User Guide

Creating New Symbols
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2 In the Part Name text box, enter the name of the
symbol to be exported, or select it from the list.
3 In the File Name text box, enter the name of the file to
which the part definition is to be written.
4 Click OK.
Using AKO Symbols
Some of the Orcad symbol libraries are made up of a few
base symbols and several AKO (A Kind Of) symbols. In
the
bipolar.slb symbol library, for example, the qnpn
and qpnp symbols are base symbols. All other symbols
reference one of these two base symbols.
A base symbol must be contained in the same library as
the AKO symbols that reference it. Base symbols do not,
however, have to be displayed in the Part Browser.
If you copy an AKO symbol from another library (see
Creating a Symbol by Copying Another Symbol
on page 6-173),
you must also copy its base symbol.
Creating a base symbol in a custom symbol library
1 From the Part menu in the symbol editor, select New.