> What do people think of the whole idea of running an external program > (like Cvpcb) to assign footprint information?
What, like gattrib? ;-) I've stated this before, but to recap... The schematic symbols should be as light as possible, with some database mapping symbols to physical devices, so that the user can go through some multiple choices to choose the device from the symbol. That implies a range of attributes, such as footprint, pin mapping, manufacturer, etc. Gschem would need a way of keeping track of which attributes were user-selected and which were implied by database search results. So when I put in a NAND gate, I can later choose a 74ALS00N or 74LVS1G00PY or whatever physical chip I want, and it chooses the right footprint and pin numbers for that physical chip. If I put in a resistor, I can later choose a 1.00K with 0603 footprint, and let it tell me which vendors offer the lowest price (if it can't find it in inventory :) Etc. _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
