The process of making a new symbol starts with opening up the symbols manager in the library tab.
In the symbol manager, we can either import a dwg file of a symbol shape that was drawn previously or we can draw the symbol ourselves by selecting the new command. Either selection will be similar, as the end result will give us the shape of the symbol that we can then use later on to add in connection circuits and the insertion point.
Once we have our symbol shape drawn we can now add in the insertion point, the insertion point is exactly what its name implies is the point that will snap to the cursor when placing the symbol in the diagrams which can be either a corner of the symbol or the first connection point of the symbol.
Now we will move on to the adding in the circuits which will be used to connect the manufacture parts to add in the circuits that will join the functions form the part to the symbol, do note that the circuit type defined in the symbol must match the type in the ones in the manufacture parts to have the circuit be linked.
The circuits and the number of connections in that circuit will need to match up with the manufacture part chosen to ensure no errors, once we are done adding in the necessary circuits and connections points, we will add in the attribute tags to give additional information to this symbol.
For the attributes we can refer to the descriptions for better understanding of what each tag refers to and once we added in the attributes we are done with the symbol creation. The symbol can be edited later on to suit our needs so don’t be afraid to make mistakes in the symbol to try things out first.
If the symbol is supposed to be used with a specific manufacturer part, the part can be assigned in the symbol properties in the manufacturer part section.