I noticed there weren’t any 3PDT switches in the library so…, I made my own. First time creating an element in this program. Done one or two in LTSpice but, this wasn’t the same. I started by creating my own library, as advised in other threads that I had perused before embarking on this adventure then, one by one, I created each sub component. Everything looked good and I was sure it was gonna work but, it didn’t quite cut the mustard. Is that the right saying? Lol! Anyway, attached is a pic of the component in my circuit. Notice how only the middle bottom pin seems to be able to connect to a wire. I can share the component if someone can tell me what I have to do so you can inspect it. Give you more details when needed. Thanks again, and I knew it wouldn’t be long before I was back again to make all your lives a living hell.
So you know, them green wire traces are only there to highlight how the traces aren’t making an electrical connection when connected to the pins.
You need to assign a signal to the pins.
please open your component, and under “symbol variants” open the default variant to edit:
then assign a signal, don’t leave it to “unconnected”
you need to update the project library in your schematics afterwards.
That was it. Took a minute to figure out exactly what sub section you were at but, I got there. One last thing. When I check out my design in the 3d view, I have a 6 pin header where it’s just supposed to be solder pads. Probably an easy fix and i will look into it a little more but, any help would be appreciated. Thanks again.
I guess you reused one of the Packages of the official library. That way you also made a copy of the embedded 3D model.
So please open your package from the library manager, switch to the 3D mode and delete the existing 3D model of the 6 pin header by clicking the “-” (top, middle)
You can also add a new 3D model that suits your needs if you like.
BTW: Happy new year to all that read this!
Ok. I think I figured it out. At first, deleting that pin header model as described above didn’t work. I got the following error message.
I then did some snooping around and eventually remembered from the videos, and then verified for myself, that not all the components in the base library have a device associated with them so…, I decided to just delete the “Device” sub-component. The funny thing is, it did actually work on the project I was working on but…, on other tests, it gave me that same error message again. After some more banging my head against a wall, I thought that maybe it’d be a good idea to just redo the device sub-component again. I tried in vain to find a suitable model that resembled what I was looking for as you suggested, when I realized that maybe I could just use the same “package” that I already had (the 6 pin header file that I turned into a 9 pin header). So far, that seems to have done the trick. I have closed and reopened my projects a few times, updating my local library each time and even restarted LibrePCB and so far, so good. Check out the 2 quick tests below.
And finally, I decided to do some housekeeping on my projects and ended up realizing that I did a piss poor job of naming everything, so eventually I decided to just redo my tester from scratch again. I haven’t done the wire traces yet but, at least my 3PDT Switch is exactly as I want it so…, I think we got a winner! Thanks so much once again. As a side note, I do have 3D modeling experience, I may do some models for the DPDT and 3PDT switches when I get a minute. Until then, thanks again and…, i’m sure i’ll be back.
Ok, so you had a lot of work for a 1st of the year… 
…glad you managed it.
Regarding that error-message: I can’t tell what was causing that, sorry.
I don’t have a suitable 3D model for your switches, but if you like you could use my DIP8 model to complete your board. Hope that the board software allows this:
DIP8.stp.zip (24.4 KB)
Thank you. I will try it out. Be a minute before I get around to doing any 3d modeling. Got a lot on my plate. I just hope my software can output step files, as that is what LibrePCB seems to be wanting. Hopefully it’s a standard file format. Anyone know? Guess i’ll find out soon enough. Anyway, I hope you all had a happy new year and i’m sure you’ll see me again soon. Lol! Thanks again.
You‘re welcome.