# How to make template files **URL:** \ **Category:** uncategorized\ **Created:** [December 16, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/how-to-make-template-files/21631 "2023-12-16T19:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alhaddar](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@alhaddar](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/alhaddar)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/how-to-make-template-files/21631/1 "2023-12-16T19:48:54Z")
Hi Is there a tutorial on how to make template files like some members do with these files? breadboard icon pcb schematic How are these files compiled into a file with the fzpz extension? ---
**Author:** ![vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/vanepp/32/4426_2.png) [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/how-to-make-template-files/21631/2 "2023-12-16T20:24:20Z")
> [@alhaddar](#): > > Is there a tutorial on how to make template files like some members do with these files? > breadboard > icon > pcb > schematic Note that I know of (although the graphics standards set the visual format and spacing.) The best way is usually to start from a part that is similar (and which hopefully has correctly formatted files!) and modify that being careful to maintain the format (such as layerIds.) FritzingCheckPart.py will flag errors that will cause problems. This tutorial set may help as well > [@Part creation howto part 1 breadboard and pcb](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/part-creation-howto-part-1-breadboard-and-pcb/7692): > > Someone in this forum post requested help to fix up a part. So while doing that I decided to record what I needed to do in order to fix the part to provide a tutorial to create new / fix broken parts. If you start from the Tarjeta S4A EDU.fzpz file posted in the above thread, you should be able to recreate my improved part posted in the same thread. I started by loading the original part in to Fritzing, that indicates breadboard is (at first look anyway) pretty good, but schematic and pcb are… > [@alhaddar](#): > > How are these files compiled into a file with the fzpz extension? I don’t think this is documented anywhere. The files need to be in this format ```auto part.fc-51_1.fzp svg.breadboard.fc-51_85d98481ce3be6f2e9b641181c0f798b_1_breadboard.svg svg.pcb.fc-51_85d98481ce3be6f2e9b641181c0f798b_1_pcb.svg svg.schematic.fc-51_85d98481ce3be6f2e9b641181c0f798b_1_schematic.svg ``` This is the part template directory that I use to make parts. The files are incomplete (no connectors for instance and incomplete fields that need to be completed in other cases.) I have tools (not so far published) that create the correct number and format of connectors and I know what needs to be changed to make a complete part and keep FritzingCheckPart.py happy with the result (usually after an error or 3 though when I forget to do something or make a typo.) To create a .fzpz file you zip the 4 (sometimes 5 if you have a separate icon svg which is possible) into the .fzpz file. The alternate format is 4 directories (without the prepended part. or svg.layerId. parts of the above like this from core parts: Fritzing\fritzing-parts\core 3\_Axis\_Accelerometer\_Breakout\_\_\_MMA8452Q.fzp … which contains the .fzp files then Fritzing\fritzing-parts\svg\core\breadboard which contains the breadboard svgs such as 3\_Axis\_Accelerometer\_Breakout\_\_\_MMA8452Q\_BB.svg … (note the lack of svg.breadboard. on the file name!) Fritzing\fritzing-parts\svg\core\icon which contains the icon svgs (a copy of the breadboard svg if there is no icon svg.) like this 3\_Axis\_Accelerometer\_Breakout\_\_\_MMA8452Q\_Icon.svg … Fritzing\fritzing-parts\svg\core\pcb which contains the pcb svgs like this 3\_Axis\_Accelerometer\_Breakout\_\_\_MMA8452Q\_PCB.svg … and Fritzing\fritzing-parts\svg\core\schematic which contains the schematic svgs like this 3\_Axis\_Accelerometer\_Breakout\_\_\_MMA8452Q\_Sch.svg … The svg file names are defined in the .fzp file (and must match in case to be valid on all operating systems!) FritzingCheckPart.py will accept and deal with either format. Hope this helps! Peter ---
**Author:** ![alhaddar](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@alhaddar](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/alhaddar)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/how-to-make-template-files/21631/3 "2023-12-17T04:08:34Z")
thank you for your help