Cool idea, though I personally don’t spend a time of time making footprints or symbols. Most of it is spent actually doing the design. When I do create a sche

Cool idea, though I personally don’t spend a time of time making footprints or symbols. Most of it is spent actually doing the design. When I do create a schematic symbol, I read the entire data sheet, not just the I/O section. Often, the symbol will be drawn multiple ways, depending on how the part is being used and how the support components are connected. As an example, many Linear Technology parts have several symbols for the same part. Once you have a big, personal library of parts, it’s usually copying one and modifying it slightly. Better yet to reuse as much form the previous designs as possible since the part has been proven in.