On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 14:24 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > 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. >
OK, >less /usr/share/pcb/pcblib-newlib/geda/DB25F.fp > # Remainder of the first row > Pin(1056 2458 60 35 "2" 0x01) > ElementLine(1016 2458 770 2458 20) > Pin(1056 2350 60 35 "3" 0x01) > ElementLine(1016 2350 770 2350 20) > Pin(1056 2242 60 35 "4" 0x01) > ElementLine(1016 2242 770 2242 20) > Pin(1056 2134 60 35 "5" 0x01) > ElementLine(1016 2134 770 2134 20) > Pin(1056 2026 60 35 "6" 0x01) This file uses a very old format, this may be documented in http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf Seems that there is only one string... Sorry, no clue. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
