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ajt

Ultra Librarian Support for Multisim and Ultiboard

Submitted by Member on ‎06-21-2018 12:08 PM 2 Comments (2 New)
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I posted the following in the main Multisim - Ultiboard forum but it was suggested I post it here.  Sorry for the duplicate posting.

 

Digi-key and other distributors are providing schematic symbols and footprints via Ultra Librarian in many formats (e.g. OrCad, Altium, Cadence, even Eagle!!) but NOT for Multisim or Ultiboard.  I have asked the Ultra Librarian people why this is and they say they have tools to support it but are having trouble getting required information from NI to complete the work and make a release.  

 

What does it take to get Ultra Librarian the information they need?  Who is the right NI contact?  Why do we MS/UB users not have the same tools as the other package users?  

 

2 Comments
aestay
Member
Member
‎04-24-2021 12:44 PM
‎04-24-2021 12:44 PM

Support UltraLibrarian can attract lots of more users to multisim and ultiboard.
SnapEDA also is considering to support it. SnapEDA even supports TINA! What is holding back NI to cooperate ?

ajt
Member
Member
‎06-30-2021 11:24 PM
‎06-30-2021 11:24 PM

I have recently contacted both SnapEDA and Ultra Librarian about NI Cuiuitt Suite support.  Both of them say it is NI holding this up.

 

What???  

 

This has been going on for well over a year, maybe even 2 years!

 

I tried to find a way to contact NI directly on this but can't find how to do it.  Does anyone know how to do this?

 

I think all of us users should all send contats to NI management about this. Even if we don't have native SnapEDA and Ultra Librarian support, if we had the ability to import one or more of the popular EDA tool formats that would be fine.