Hans Schultz: > As sort of an extension to heterogeneous symbols I wonder how I can make > generic symbols, consisting of a set of "sub"symbols, e.g. a relay coil > and several types of contact arrangements like SPST and SPDT, all as > separate, little symbols. In my design I would then select the > appropriate subparts and assemble a particular arrangement, assign the > same refdes to them (probably suffixed by "a", "b", "c" or similar in > lower case). So far this is simply possible with gschem AFAIK. > BUT: relays (to stick to the example) come in (very) many different > physical shapes and layouts, each with its own, vendor dependent pin > numbering scheme. Therefore, it would be nice to have the possibility to > define the pin numbers in the instantiation at the schematic level > rather than the fixed pin numbers as defined in the symbol (class > level). The slot mechanism is not intented nor useable for this. > I have not found any way to promote the pinnumbers to the instantiation > or other ways to achieve this.
I think you currently are restricted to create a seperate footprint file for each of your alternatives. Though it would be nice to be able to pass parameters to the footprint and more or less treat is like a subroutine. Regards, /Karl Hammar ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Aspö Data Lilla Aspö 148 S-742 94 Östhammar Sweden +46 173 140 57 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
