Thanks Paolo,

Indeed, "Dieter's" database showed me that the SK-116 socket should work: 
http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/zm1130.htm

...now trying to find the footprint file. Keep you posted.

Hatse

On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 11:51:42 PM UTC+1, Paolo Cravero wrote:
>
> Hello.
> Looks like the footprint was called sk116: have you tried looking for this 
> code instead? Then you might search a library for an equivalent tube (as 
> form factor).
>
> It worked with sk207 footprint for me.
>
> Paolo
>
> Il 27/Dic/2016 23:42, "Hatse Flats" <[email protected] <javascript:>> ha 
> scritto:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new to this group so please let me know if my request is 
>> inappropriate.
>>
>> I am designing my own Nixie clock and that will be driven by a Raspberry 
>> Pi 3. Until now I have tested some basic parts of what will become the 
>> entire thing and it all works fine, meaning that I can drive one digit of 
>> one tube plugged into a breadboard with a Java program running on the 
>> Raspberry. I have started to make a full design of the circuit I want to 
>> build using the KiCad workbench build 2012 running on Linux Wheezy. 
>>
>> I am now facing the problem of not being able to find a proper footprint 
>> for the ZM1130 tubes I bought. Later versions of KiCad have the ability to 
>> edit your own footprints but I can't be bothered to update my Linux box to 
>> host a later version of KiCad. So here is my request: is there anyone out 
>> there that can point me towards a footprint for an 11-pin socket for the 
>> ZM1130 valve?
>>
>> Your help will be very much appreciated,
>>
>> Hatse
>>
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