Manufacturer' models in separate directories in LTspice.

[Fred Abse]

A while ago somebody was inquiring about putting manufacturers' files in
dedicated directories. Might have been josephkk, or George Herold, I can't
remember.

The only way I have found to do it is to put manufacturer directories as
subdirectories of /lib/sub.

You call them with ".lib <Manufacturer\modelfile>"

Like ".lib Zetex\ZTX415.sub"

 

[Fred Abse]

You can put them anywhere you want. I find it necessary, since I
have, literally, hundreds of device libraries.

Since ".LIB" is, in LTspice parlance, a "Spice directive", just do the
Spice directive like this example, full path, etc...

.LIB C:\PSpice\DeviceLib\X-Fab\XC06\Lib\bip\tm.lib

In PSpice I have a "part" called "Library" that I just plunk down to
make it easier... I often have 5 or 6 libraries per schematic.

Quite so. However it's tedious, and isn't easy on a Linux system. I don't
use Windows at all. It's bad enough having to remember use even one
backslash as a directory delineator..

Full path to my models is:
/home/fred/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/LTC/LTspiceIV/lib/sub/<manufacturer>
Case sensitive.
That shows what I'm accustomed to using backslashes for ;-)

 

[josephkk]

You can put them anywhere you want. I find it necessary, since I
have, literally, hundreds of device libraries.

Since ".LIB" is, in LTspice parlance, a "Spice directive", just do the
Spice directive like this example, full path, etc...

.LIB C:\PSpice\DeviceLib\X-Fab\XC06\Lib\bip\tm.lib

In PSpice I have a "part" called "Library" that I just plunk down to
make it easier... I often have 5 or 6 libraries per schematic.

...Jim Thompson

Thanks fellers. There is so many little things like these to know.

?-)

 

[Fred Abse]

Thanks fellers. There is so many little things like these to know.

?-)

Another little wrinkle I might try is to put the manufacturer
subdirectories in as symlinks to subdirectories of my general "Components"
directory, where I keep datasheets, etc. which is organized by
manufacturer already and centralize everything.

Only would work in 'nix. I run three different spice versions, so it might
be a good idea.