On Sun, 2009-06-14 at 03:07 +1000, spuzzdawg wrote: > Hi gEDA list, > > I"m fairly new to gEDA but enjoying the ride so far. I'm creating a > library of my own symbols and footprints and I've run into an issue > where I havea footprint that requires holes to be cut into the PCB for > mounting holes rather than for pins. I'm not too sure how to handle > this. > > I assume that I need to put it into the footprint file as a normal pin > but what do I do with pin names etc? If I had a 4-pin device and gave > the mounting holes pin-no 5 and 6 doesn't gsch2pcb whinge at me later > for assigning an inappropriate footprint to a symbol? Similarly, if I > give the mounting holes the same pin number as one that is already used, > don't I run the risk of accidentally connecting nets together? > > Thanks in advance, > > spuzzdawg >
Total number of pins for symbols and footprints must not match. For the footprint it should be OK to use a free pinnumber or to use an empty string. You may look look at existing footprints with mounting holes like DSUB connectors. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user