To avoid huge duplication of data, both drawing symbols and footprints should be generic. Then the real use would be defining a part (component) that would link to a symbol and a footprint, and then have all relevant data like pin names, mfg part number, suppliers part numbers etc..
That is what I was advocating during my career in the electronic industry (in more than 2000 designs mostly SMT). Just my two cents, Jean-Paul (AC9GH) On Apr 5, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Vesa Solonen <[email protected]> wrote: > 05/04/14 13:43, Heiko Rosemann kirjoitti: > >> About the rest of your posting, I'm astonished how much we seem to >> be advocating the exact same workflow. > > :) It's interesting to see how the rest will see our explaining > efforts. Last time it was complicated... > > -Vesa > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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