On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM Dave F <[email protected]> wrote: > > - There is no clean way to support two different schematics that use > arrange the pins of, say, a microcontroller differently. Any method you > choose with the current design loses the ability to update either > component, schematic, or library at some level. > > This is not a true statement. Library symbols can support multiple body styles. Pins are indexed by unit and body style, so you can have different body styles with different pin groupings in your library and your layout can choose one or the other.
I think that the upshot you are hearing here is that your proposed change is not fully researched and unlikely to be accepted in the KiCad code base as-is. I would recommend researching how you might use the existing functionality to meet your needs first and then, if there is a gap, focusing on a smaller, targeted use case to close that gap. Seth Seth Hillbrand *Lead Developer* +1-530-302-5483 Long Beach, CA www.kipro-pcb.com [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/CAFdeG-pxEJBvN241US9L2Vj7sRGms31srCKBWyoiqLn1%2BA%2BLkw%40mail.gmail.com.
