I'd love to see an IPC-7351 footprint generator. I purchased the document thinking I'd put together something, but that was a few years ago and I think the reality is I'm just not going to get to it.
-Dan Sven Lemke wrote: > Hey Bert, > > I am sorry, but I was not aware that you already started a project for a > footprint "generator". ;) I think your tool is a very good start and I > agree with you that an "editor" is not needed at the moment. > > Do you have access to a copy of the IPC-7351 specifications? Otherwise I > am willing to spend the $100 on it if I'm accepted for GSoC. > > Kind regards, > Sven > > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > >> Have a look at: >> >> http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-fpw.html >> >> and see if this is what you have in mind :) >> >> It's an ongoing work of me and is still pretty alpha (currently just >> released version 20080328-0.0.4). >> >> I'm thinking of opening a git repository somewhere, so other people can >> participate in the fun. >> >> The ultimate goal is get this attempt into a serious plug-in/importer >> for pcb (using dbus for IPC to and from pcb). >> >> One other thing: IMO this tool is not going to be a footprint editor for >> existing footprints, it's supposed to become a tool to generate a >> footprint on the fly and inserting the footprint into pcb the same way >> "Load element data to paste buffer" does. >> >> The CLI is there to batch process huge amounts of footprints. > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev > _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
