Can't rename multiple schematic components with same name

[imaginaryboy]

I was recently drawing a schematic, and trying to work around the lack of an RGB LED by using 3 separate LEDs.

I tried to rename them to give them a more sensible name, in part because my understanding is that the naming of components in the schematic should indicate which components share a device (like slotting in gschem).

I was able to rename one, but renaming the second failed with this error:

There is already a component with the name “D1”!

Of course in this case the ideal fix would be to add more LED components to the library, but I think there are other uses for slotted or otherwise disjoint components, so it would still be sueful to fix this error.

[ubruhin]

Hi,

@imaginaryboy

in part because my understanding is that the naming of components in the schematic should indicate which components share a device (like slotting in gschem).

No, this is not the way to combine multiple symbols into one device In LibrePCB, the relation of symbols/components/devices including their pinout is entirely stored in the library, so you’ll have to create an RGB LED component. You may want to take a look at this documentation about the library concept.