Not sure if you can do exactly what you describe, but in cvtPCB there are a couple of options that might help you.
The most obvious is the view selected footprint. 4th Icon along from the left. The other thing available which i find very helpful is the display footprint list documentations. 10th icon from the left. This shows a pdf file of all the footprints included. I have a printout of this to hand when selecting the device footprints. Andy On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:20:08 -0000 "osterchrisi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there, > > I'm quite new to KiCad (although I already managed to fabricate a working PCB > ;) and I have a question: > I was also using Eagle for a very short time and in that program it is > possible to search the library and while doing that it is possible to look at > the part and the footprint at the same time. > > Like for example you search for "electrolytic capacitor" and then you get a > list and in this list there is for example 3 times a 4700uF cap but with > different measurements which can be very helpful if you have a specific part > in mind already in the schematic. > > Is it possible to do that also in KiCad? I see that the footprints are not > pre-linked to parts in KiCad but it is very annoying finding out what name > your desired footprint could have to fit your PCB. > > Or is it at least possible to search like inside the library browser WHILE > looking at the parts in some way? > > Thanks for any help and suggestions!! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
