On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 17:17 +0530, vsrk sarma wrote: > As a new user to geda &PCB i have some queries. > > I notice the pin numbers (given in pcblib-newlib footprint files such > as DB25f.fp) listed in quotes inside text files are not used and PCB > renumbers the pins in the sequence they appear in the text file of .fp > ). Is my obsevation correct? s there any purpose for which numbers in > qoutes such "5" can be used? > > Do these numbers correspond I find it more cofusing because footprint > when opened in PCB doesn't show up pin numbers.
Pins and Pads in PCB have a Name and a Number -- both are Strings, often both have the same Value. You may look into my summary, I forget the details myself very quick. http://www.ssalewski.de/PcbFootprintRef.txt http://www.ssalewski.de/SFG.html.en _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
