On Mon, Jul 07, 2014 at 02:50:12AM -0700, Jason Whiteman wrote: > I do not have a "package" property - I use footprint as my package > property. Footprint = the logical name of the library part (not package). > When I use CvPCB to generate a cmp file - my 0402 is changed to SMD_C_0402 > (or similar - depends on library) and perhaps another part changes from > what I elected to fill in the schematic as the package (but used the > footprint property) and for that particular part the replaced value would > be more obscure. Also string lengths change so text runs into overlap > issues even for those parts that still happen to convey package in the > logical footprint name when these get replaced.
Ah ok. The ugly 'libname gives oversized string' issue. I patched my eeschema to suppress the part up to the : character, for that :P > If course, as with everything, it depends. I would tend to agree on pin > swaps of "large" parts. What I was thinking of in my post was a case where > I had to pin swap many resistors and caps (2 terminal standard SMD). This Confirming the 'since we don't have pin/gate swap' condition. 100% agree with you, I have had mostly the same experience; for some reason most EDA are now almost dedicated to high speed digital (which is an hell in itself) but there still are discrete-filled analog/power boards around :P -- 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
