Hi, I think module is the same thing as footprint.
Maybe the difference could be to name module a footprint with fields, graphics, keywords and reference documentation. Anyway, in the Spanish translation we have kept the word module (módulo) just because the author has use it (English module= French module and English footprint = French trace or empreinte). Pedro. > On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:11:42 -0500 > Karl Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working on updating some kicad documentation - I think the terms > > are both used for the same thing, unless I'm missing something. Do I > > have this straight - eeschema seems to use footprint and PCBnew calls > > the same thing modules? > > > > In other programs, footprints are called "patterns" or > > "decals" (PADSpcb/powerlogic called them decals). > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Karl Schmidt EMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com > > 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 > > Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 > > > > "Give me four parameters and I can fit an elephant; > > Give me five and I can wag its tail." > > (The source of the above quote?? Variants have been > > attributed to C.F. Gauss, Niels Bohr, Lord Kelvin, Enrico Fermi.) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Footprint" certainly refers to the "physical" footprint of an object > on the PCB, so it is only relevant as a term within PCBnew and Cvpcb. > > EEschema uses abstract drawing symbols, and if I'm not mistaken, it uses > the term "components" to describe such drawing symbols. > > A module seems to be the same thing as a footprint. If you hover > your mouse pointer over the Cvpcb icon in the main Kicad window, it is > described as "Components to modules". > > Unless a module is a component combined with its footprint? >
