Rick Collins wrote: > a footprint. In the past I have found pre-designed libraries to be > unreliable. So I create my own footprints from scratch... well not > quite from scratch.
I have found the same thing. I've made slow progress at improving the pcb libraries, but it is slow and tedious. > > I use the manufacturer's data sheet to verify the dimensions of the > part and I use the PCB Library LP Viewer (IPC-7351) tool to obtain > workable footprint dimensions. The only difficulty in using this > tool is that the naming they use is mostly the formal names which are > not commonly used by manufacturers. So you have to hunt around a bit > to find the footprint you need. But it is worth it in the end > because you have a footprint that you can trust in my opinion. Note that we do have IPC-7351 recommended footprints (both in name and the layout) for things like surface mount R's L's and C's. -Dan _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
