I definitely haven't wrapped my head about how eeschema is planned to be changed in the near/far-future, but this looks slick.
Adam Wolf On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been experimenting to make an easier way of assigning footprints, > directly on schematics. The idea is to: > - put the list of available footprints (for each component) in the > Footprint Filter tab of the library editor component properties dialog. > This is always saved to the .lib file. > - parse the list of footprints in the component chooser dialog, looking > for complete FPIDs (not wildcards). > - show a list of available footprints and a preview (with some KIWAY > hackery...) and let the user choose the when choosing the component. > Screenshot in the attachment. > > The advantage of the above is that no file format changes are needed, it > won't collide much with any future redesign of the schematic editor and > it eliminates the separate footprint assignment step from the workflow, > for those who don't like it. > > I could post patches if someone wants to try them (the code is still > incomplete and buggy, though). > > Cheers, > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > 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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