{"id":7057,"date":"2020-01-17T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=7057"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:34:29","slug":"partquest-updates-part-1-part-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2020\/01\/17\/partquest-updates-part-1-part-creator\/","title":{"rendered":"PartQuest Updates Part 1 &#8211; Part Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the latest release of PartQuest, users now have access to the part creator.\u00a0 You can access the Part builder by clicking on the <strong>Create Part<\/strong> button on the PartQuest home page, or by clicking <strong>My Created Parts<\/strong> from the drop down after clicking your profile name.\u00a0 The <strong>My Created parts<\/strong> area is where you can launch the part creator, and it also shows all of the parts you have created in your PartQuest account.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7058 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/11\/CreatePartButton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"143\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>The part creator is helpful if searching the supplier database does not yield any results.\u00a0 To create a part you simply need to enter the manufacturer, manufacturer part number, and the category that the part would fit in into the tool.\u00a0 There is a good chance that part data such as symbol and footprint will already be available for the part.\u00a0 If that is the case, then in your <strong>My Created Parts<\/strong> it will show that there is data associated with the part you just created.<\/p>\n<p>If symbol and footprint data does not exist for your part, you can use the symbol and footprint creators in the tool to create them.\u00a0 More information on those can be found in future blogs, or on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.partquest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PartQuest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this video to see the process in action <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3JHJE_rsVug?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3JHJE_rsVug?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7331\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/01\/PQ1-520x290.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7059 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/11\/PartQuestLogo-520x130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"78\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the latest release of PartQuest, users now have access to the part 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