Place a Pin at the origin of the workspace (center of the sheet), then double-click to edit it and set the Display Name to TP and the Designator to 1 (does not have to be 1, as long as the PCB pad number matches whatever you use).In the component editor, enter a suitable Name and Description, then click to add the Symbol model.Right-click on the Libraries panel and select the Build a new Custom Component command.You can even save frequently used versions of components to your own Favorites library! No more libraries stored locally on a hard drive – rather, an impressive catalog of components built-upon, and ratified by, the design collective. You can even create custom components that don't exist anywhere in the Ciiva database!Ī user can simply search for a part in the Ciiva database – directly from within CircuitMaker's Libraries panel – and then use the associated Community Vault component in their design. And for those parts in the database that don't have an associated component, you can create one – with schematic symbol and PCB footprint, as required. These components reside in the secure, cloud-based Community Vault. Hundreds of thousands of the components in the Ciiva database have a CircuitMaker component bound to them. Containing millions of unique parts across various manufacturers and distributors, you can get pricing, stock information, datasheets, and more, directly from within CircuitMaker. ĬircuitMaker employs online management of design components, facilitated through the integration of the Ciiva electronic parts database. Restart CircuitMaker, it should now connect to the Community site. C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Altium\CircuitMaker \GeckoProfile\.With CircuitMaker not running, copy the cert8.db certificate file from Firefox to the following CircuitMaker folder: Locate the Firefox certificate, it should be in a location like C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles. C:\Users\ search this folder for cert8.db, a number of copies may be found.Because you can access the CircuitMaker site in Firefox, you should now be able to get CircuitMaker working too, by copying the internal certificate from Firefox to CircuitMaker.įor both Firefox and CircuitMaker, the certificate is stored in: The advantage of using Firefox is that the internal security certificate that is issued to it by your proxy server, can also be used in CircuitMaker. If you can see this page in Firefox on your computer, it means that Firefox now has access to the correct security certificate. Because CircuitMaker uses the same certificate format as Firefox, this certificate can be copied from Firefox to CircuitMaker, using the additional steps described below.
If the Certificate is issued by some other authority then most likely your PC connects to the Internet via a proxy server, which replaces the CircuitMaker certificate with a certificate issued by your IT department.If you still cannot connect then it is suggested you post a request for help on the CircuitMaker forum as there must be some other issue that needs to be resolved. If the certificate is issued by, then CircuitMaker should be able to connect as this is the issuer of CircuitMaker's certificate. To do this, click the lock icon at the left end of the Address field, as shown in the image below. If you can open the Community page in Firefox but not in CircuitMaker, then you need to check who issued the certificate.Your IT department can add the certificate to Firefox by select Options - Advanced - View Certificates, then click Import in the Certificate Manager. If the browser displays a similar error then you need to contact your IT department and make sure they can open this page. This error may be because CircuitMaker received a certificate issued from untrusted source as it attempted to access the Community site. When I start CircuitMaker, the Community window is blank and I get the following error: