On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, DJ Delorie wrote: > But given that some parts (like SOJ or DIP) are specified in terms of > inch units, I think the whole concept of a "metric only library" is > rather pointless. I think what the OP really wants is not what the OP > asked for.
I wonder if PCB's internal representation using Imperial units has been a problem. I thought it might present issues with some newer SMD parts, like the 0.4mm pitch LQFP that I'm using in a project, but in reality, the layout looked fine and I didn't run into any problems with things not aligning correctly. (The real ballache is that my project has a mix of metric and imperial measured parts, like the imperial spaced SOIC and SOJ but with metric LQFP and TQFP too, so I had to use a very fine grid to get stuff to line up neatly for both metric and imperial parts). So basically, I've not had a problem myself and being able to make footprints in metric seems good enough so far. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
