I have so far only created schematics using parts from Part View/CL View in DxDatabook but since I want to automate parts lists I've started looking into using the library view.
I've gotten the hang of how it works and I have set a couple of libraries with all extra properties that I want I and I can script resistor and capacitor libraries into an Access database.
What I don't understand is how I use those libraries when going to a PCB.
If I run package on my schematic, it will tell me that "There is no Part Number: XX in the Parts DataBase...".
This is correct, but how do I get the part numbers from the Access database into the library parts database?
If I look at the Starter libraries available I see that they do have a unique part number for each resistor corresponding to the entries in the database.
Do I really have to duplicate all 1000+ resistor entries back into part editor... manually?!
I can't find any documentation or tutorial mentioning how to do this.
3rd party database consist only part attributes.
All of part number, symbols and cells listed in MS ACCESS data base must exist in your Central Library.