On 12/16/2010 06:18 AM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > On 16 December 2010 02:31, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@verizon.net> wrote: >> On 12/15/2010 9:19 PM, Karl Schmidt wrote: >>> On 12/15/2010 07:30 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote: >>> >>> >>>> When placing components such as passives (mainly R's and C's) you come >>>> across the common problem that you draw the symbol either horizontally >>>> or vertically. When you place the component it could be in one of four >>>> orientations, but generally it's either 0deg rot (horizontal) or 90deg >>>> rot (vertical). >>> This is called Schematic symbol alternatives - usually you only need 2 >>> versions (bridge circuits need a 45 makes 3 versions) - most CAD systems >>> have this - and its nice. I added this to my wiki's wish list. >> This would this not be a feature in the schematic capture program? An >> excellent idea but I don't see it as a requirement of the part file or >> the part file editor. >> >> Wayne > It does need a way of telling the schematic capture how to choose a > look for a component. However, I think the functionality is allowed > for in the current spec already. The different versions can be > alternatives, then it is down to the GUI design to make these > alternatives easy to select on a per-component instance basis which > I'm sure is possible, and if I remember rightly desired by Jean-Pierre > for large logic designs too for selecting deMorgan. > > So I think this is already covered, I hadn't thought about using > alternatives for this in the part spec. This also covers different > pinouts for processors that are available in different packages.
Yes, maybe there is a way for "alternate like" keywords to assist in the dynamic construction of [pop up or other kinds of] menus during part picking. Dick > The only thing not covered for me then would be one schematic pin to > many footprint pins support. I can't see a nice way of doing that yet. > It's only a nice-to-have anyway, and that's only my opinion which > generally seems to differ from most others! ;) > > Thanks again for all the efforts, I'm really seeing Dick's vision of > editing the source of the part in the editor as it's so easy to read > and follow. Well Done All! > > Best Regards, > > Brian. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
