Power Plug
A plug alows you to connect a power source such as a battery. In our case we will be using a 9v plug, but this component could be used with any other low voltage plug (do NOT attemept to use any other power source with the continuity tester).
Getting Started
Reminder: to get out of any selected tool, just press escape.
First open up both the Component Editor and the Pattern Editor and then open the two files you created in the introduction.
Step One
In the component editor make sure you have a new component, otherwise just create a new one by going to Component> add new to library.
In the component properties box in the upper right corner input the following values: name = power, Type = rectangle, RefDes = J, Width = 10mm, Pin Spacing = 3mm, left pins = 0, right pins = 2.
Now use the rectangle tool to draw a rectangle to the left touching both pins. With the line tool draw a plus sign next to pin 1 and a negative sign next to pin 2.
Save your work now.
Remember: To change units, go to View>Units> and select the correct unit of measurement.
Step Two
Now we have to create the physical representation of the switch.
Go to the pattern editor. Make a new pattern if there isn't one already by going to pattern > add new to library
Fill in the same information as you did with the component editor in the pattern properties box. Now in pattern properties box set type as lines with the following values: number 1 = 2, number 2 = 2, spacing 1 = 0mm, spacing 2 = 14mm.
Select all the pads, then right click on one of them and select pad properties. Deselect Default for pattern. Set shape to rectangle, width to 4mm and height to 4mm. Change units to mil. Set hole to 41mil. Change units back to mm.
Using the line tool, draw a plus sign next to pad 1 and a negative sign next to pad 2.
Save your work.
Step Three
We are now on the last and easiest step. In the component editor go to Component> attach pattern. In the library section, click on add and add your pattern file. Select Power, which we just created. If everything was done correctly, pin one should match up with pad one and so on. Make sure positive connects with positive and negative connects with negative.
