Starts defining the symbol to add to the symbol list for the device. The symbol definition must be closed with a call to the EndSymbolDefinition function.

syntaxSyntax:
DlxLibraryDevice.BeginSymbolDefinition(name)

Parameters

Parameter Description
name The name of the symbol to be defined.

Return Value

If the function ends correctly it returns true otherwise it returns false.

Example

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var libPrj = DlxApp.GetJob().GetProject("Example Lib");
if (!libPrj.IsValid())
  libPrj = DlxApp.GetJob().NewProject("Example Lib");
var libDoc = libPrj.GetDocument("Examples Lib", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_LIBRARY);
if (!libDoc.IsValid())
  libDoc = libPrj.NewDocument("Examples Lib", DlxApp.DOCTYPE_LIBRARY);
if (libDoc.IsValid() && libDoc.Activate())
{
  var folderGates = libDoc.AddFolder("Gates");
  var device = folderGates.AddDevice("SN74HC00");
  device.SetIcon(0);
  device.SetName("SN74HC00");
  device.SetDeviceName("SN74HC00");
  device.SetReferencePrefix("U");
  device.SetDeviceClass("Gates", "NAND gate");
  device.SetManufacturer("Texas Instruments");
  device.SetDescription("2-Input NAND gate");
  device.SetDatasheetLink("https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74ahc00.pdf");
  device.SetAttribute("CARD", "SPICE", "#gates NAND [1 2 3][4 5 6][9 10 8][12 13 11][PWR 14 7] %&model", "", "", DlxApp.ATTRIBUTEFLAGS_ADVANCED);
  device.SetAttribute("MODEL", "SPICE", "SN74HC00");
  device.BeginSymbolDefinition("7400");
  device.AddSymbolSection("NAND_2INP/Logic Symbols", DlxApp.LIBSECTIONPREFIX_PREFIX);
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("1", "1,4,9,12");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("2", "2,5,10,13");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("3", "3,6,8,11");
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("4", "7");  
  device.AddSymbolSectionPin("5", "14");
  device.EndSymbolDefinition();
  device.AddFootprint("TI_N14");
}

See also