Hi Mark, Doing things that way will cause problems. The system needs to know the pad sizes and such like to calculate things like solder masks, thermal zones and so on. Trying to put two pad outlines in the same module will confuse things.
If the outline is the same, remember that the PCB outline must be correct for size, then all you do is create the library, then the module, once you are happy with that all you then need to do is duplicate the module, give it a new name, edit the pads and save. If you look at the Kicad libs, you will find a similar system, there are DIP-8__300, and DPI-8__300_ELL, which are the same outline but with different pad settings. Andy On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:43:21 -0000 "F6ITU" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I'm a 3 days old Kicad user (and a totally newbie in CAD CAM software… never > touched such a software before, excepted ExpressPCB) > I just finished understanding the "general idea" behind EEschemas, played > with the tutorial and some examples, and began to draw my first circuit. So > far, everything is working fine (excepted some mysterious duplication of > components, stacking one over the other). > > But I'm now stuck trying to design a new "Module" (component outline). > > My problem : > I want to add a new component in the module lib, a standard small DPDT relay > in a 10 pin dil package (compatible with the standard 10DIP-ELL300 package). > This component exists in 2 different pinout : classical DIL "thru hole" and > SMT mount. As I wish to keep the possibility to use either devices one the > pcb will be etched, I'd like to draw a module with its 10 "thru" pins AND 10 > CMS rectangular pads in the extension of the thru-hole-pads. (I wonder if I > made myself clear… English is definitely not my mother-thong) > > I try to dig into the Kicad Yahoo group, but couldn't find any answer. > > Is it possible and how ? > <lazy_mode> > ...or did someone allready designed this kind of module > <\lazy_mode> > Thanks for your attention > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
