You could also ask why have a .cmp file either? The answer is: the .stf file was the simplist format that cvpcb exported. The .stf file is used to back annotate the schematic with footprint information. The schematic could be the single source of the design information: netlist including footprints, for pcbnew. cvpcb is a nice tool focused on footprint assignment and could output an annotated schematic, then both .stf and .cmp files could be eliminated, especially with an improved BOM output.
-Frank Bennett --- [email protected] wrote: From: Lorenzo Marcantonio <[email protected]> To: Kicad Developers <[email protected]> Subject: [Kicad-developers] Why do we have the stuff file? Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:26:06 +0200 (CEST) I'm wondering... why do we have to have the .stf file around? Couldn't eeschema simply read the cmp file? There is already the parser in both cvpcb and pcbnew, so it should be easy... -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
