On Feb 11, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Peter Clifton wrote: > What is wrong with the existing symbols which requires you to make > your > own? (Consistent drawing style, errors in the shipped symbols?)
The library symbols are almost never exactly right. Missing footprints, wrong pin numbers for the specific part you're choosing, missing attributes, etc. And that's reasonable: millions of symbols would be required to cover just the Digikey catalog. You *always* want to customize symbols in a sane flow, unless you enjoy sitting in gattrib setting 100 resistor footprints to 0603 one by one. And in one of the flows I use, the PC board contractor wants specs like "10WVDC X5R" in the BOM, and there's not even a standard attribute for that kind of information (I use "spec="). When you choose a symbol from the library, the chooser should prompt you for a name and a copy should go into your project's symbol directory. Then "Hs" gets you into your editable copy and you can easily fix it. That also immunizes you against future changes in the libraries. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
