I can tell you that it is possible to enter the footprint in this field
and completely bypass CVPCB because that's what I do.   I don't know why 
it's not working for you though, as I didn't have to do anything special.

Regards,

Robert.

mmabshaffer wrote:
> Is it possible to specify a part's footprint using the EESchema
> "Footprint" field instead of using CVPCB? I tried it and the
> resulting netlist still had the $noname place holders. When I started
> up CVPCB is showed no footprint sssociations.
> 
> Bob
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