Hi!
I will bump this issue again, but to avoid bikesheeding I will ask for a
decision from leader Wayne. Should there be a default field in kicad for
part number and if, what should it be named?
From what i gather, a field for a part number is the only thing
everyone agrees on, after that everyone has some different standard and
wishes for default fields ( Tolerances, fitting, vendors, manufacturer,
housepart etc etc ).
The name for a part number seem field to most favoured to be MPN or
ManufacturerPart (differs between github and the user forum), although
UPN for universal part number was suggested and not flamed.
Pros:
Easier with a standard for external tools.
Every component has one, not every component has values, many have both.
Is optional to use, so will not break anything for anyone not wanting to
use it
Cons:
Some are worried the fields will be impossible to keep updated in the
standard libs
Some people are using House numbers instead
Some think this data should not be in the schematic but handled by other
tools
Links to discussions I you want to read it:
https://forum.kicad.info/t/default-manufacturers-part-number-field-in-kicad-libraries/4387/28
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/808
https://forum.kicad.info/t/standard-symbol-field-names-initiative/4870/3
On 2017-01-12 20:12, Kaspar Emanuel wrote:
I have put up a proposal for a "community standard" on the forum:
https://forum.kicad.info/t/standard-symbol-field-names-initiative/4870/1
On 12 January 2017 at 18:33, Kaspar Emanuel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 12 January 2017 at 16:44, Kaspar Emanuel
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Is there actually any issue, internally to KiCAD, with creating
multiple fields with the same name? It seems to let me create
two fields called MPN and save and re-open without a problem.
Actually, just tested again and it doesn't like fields with the same
name, it simply overwrites them once you press ok, not sure what I
was doing before. That's a shame.
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