On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:29:17 -0600, Mark Rages wrote: > It seems wasteful for all gEDA users to be doing this.
Yes, it is time consuming. But even with a commercial suite like protel it was necessary to build a home grown library. > I think a board design application should come with a > tested library of popular footprints. ack. It should be like that. But alas, there are different points of view on how exactly a decent footprint should be specified. This is in particular true for SMD components. That said, John L. does a fabulous job with his script generated footprints. The collection at geda-symbols.org is a good idea, too. I will contribute my share, once my first big geda project has survived the reality check... ---<(kaimartin)>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak http://lilalaser.de/blog _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user