13/08/14, 20:43, Carl Poirier kirjoitti: > So you mean having the "Passive_SMD.pretty", but having in it > "C_0805.kicad_mod", "R_0805.kicad_mod" and so on? Why would this be > better than having them in "Capacitors_SMD.pretty" and > "Resistors_SMD.pretty", along with other SMD footprints?
Beacause we need the prefix anyway and just having a separate library for each of them is too granular for my taste. The taste part is not really a valid argument though :) In effect such combination will just shorten the lib-table and that was the original suggestion, wasn't it? I really don't have too strong opinion in a way or another, but I'd eventually like to see libraries working without much fiddling around and being well manageable. -Vesa > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Vesa Solonen <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > 13/08/14, 20:02, Kerusey Karyu kirjoitti: > >> Is there any reason to have various footprints such as 0805, > 0603, etc. > >> for every component type? > >> > > There is one rational reason for this, but not such important: > Board 3D > > presentation. Someone could use different models for resistors, > > capacitors and inductors. > > There is no limitation as long as names contain a prefix for example. > Øyvind Aabling's libraries do it exactly like this and they work fine. > Various footprints are needed as metallization is different for R and C > and optimal pad geometry is different. Combining libraries is a good > idea. > > -Vesa > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-committers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
