Hmmm . . . > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:46:50 -0500 (EST) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Brorson) wrote: > > Why have a footprint attribute at all? I would just omit the attrib > > if there is no associated PCB footprint. It is not required. > > But if there's no footprint attib, wouldn't the symbol also need to > have the graphical=1 attrib? Otherwise the current gsch2pcb/gnetlist > backend would get confused.
Yeah, I admit that in my limited experience with gEDA & PCB design I netlisted to a Protel file format. Therefore, I wasn't thinking about gsch2pcb. . . . > To cover the bases, I could make gsch2pcb aware of a "none" footprint... This seems to be emminently sensible. There are plenty of times one wants to include a "footprintless" part in a schematic, but not have it upset the netlister/pcb package. Stuart
