Part diffs that make no sense

Hi there.

We’re seeing more and more parts diffs that make no sense at all. Here’s an example:

https://upverter.com/parts/tools/diff?lhs=c4aaab499915baaf&rhs=da390fb42fa4bb0d

The left hand side is titled “Original created by UpverterPartsRobot on December 16” (presumably, this is 2016)
The right hand side is titled “Update created by UpverterPartsRobot on October 7, 2016”.

First of all, why is the update dated earlier than the original?

Second, what is rationale for placing the pins on the side of the symbol that they have been placed? This doesn’t seem to meet your own style guide or best practice for schematics.

Last, I notice a trend towards using a line or two to on the silk for each part, rather than a square or rectangle. But in this diff, the updated part has regressed from the lines back to the box. Which makes me even more confused about which is the update and which is the original.

Can someone please explain this.

Hi bikertracker,

It seems that the diff link has the order of the part ID’s swapped. The correctly ordered url should be:

https://upverter.com/parts/tools/diff?lhs=da390fb42fa4bb0d&rhs=c4aaab499915baaf

The “Original” and “Updated” are fixed on the page and depending on the order of the two part ID’s, it will place those in the order they appear in the URL. In reality the December 16th part is the updated and the Oct 7,2016 is the original.

When it comes to placement of pins on the symbol, our part specialists are provided general guidance and we continually try to improve this guidance. But in the end, we can’t cover every case and each part specialist has some personal reason for implementing the symbol the way they do. I agree that this example could have been done differently to improve it which I will adjust right now.

The silkscreen issue, that’s due to the issue with the diff files. We’ve moved away from boxes and prefer lines.

Where did you get this diff link from? Can you provide some details on where you got it from and the history of the part?