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I use altium designer v14 and v15 with external component database (*.DbLib).
The external database is realized in SQL. Everything works fine except the manipulation of the component type. This parameter should also be set from database. As conjunction / relationship from database to altium, I take the name "Component Type". I think it's the wrong name / designation. Does anyone have a solution for this problem?
I did some more research on this. It seems like there is no easy way of converting a vault component into an Integrated Library. Easy way in the sense of for example right clicking a vault component and choose something like "Fetch current revision to local Integrated library".
There are ways within the Altium Vault window to find the schematic symbol and layout footprint. Look for the link within the preview section within each vault component. From there you can download the symbol and the footprint and put them together locally.
A better way (in my humble opinion) is to go to the Altium Design Content page. Here you will find all Altium Vault components available for download. Just find the library which contain the component you are looking for and download it. You will get a .zip file containing an .intlib file which can be extracted to a .schlib and a .pcblib. From there you can copy both the symbol and footprint into your own libraries.
When you design your schematic component, assign Designators to the pins, e.g. A + B or 1 + 2, .... In your PCB Library item (the one that is linked to your schematic symbol) use the Place -> Pad, select "Multi-Layer" as Layer, enter a hole size (.7mm) and a pad size (e.g 1.5x1.5mm) and you're done, name the two pads A + B (same name as in the schematic).
Now when you transfer your schematic design to your PCB, Altium will assign the appropriate nets to your pads.
Best Answer
ComponentType = 'Standard' or 'Standard (No BOM)' works perfectly fine in SCH Filter to highlight those components my end and as such should be the right thing to set/get for your purpose.
Are you encoding/typing/what-evering the string value correctly? Altium is very persnickety with string types. (For one example in SCH Filter "Standard" would give an error, but 'Standard' works fine)
See also: Altium TechDocs on ComponentType