Thanks for the reply. I will try the suggestions. I have gotten many footprints from [1]gedasymbols.org, and I think I have been on lucian, too. One question is what folder to download the new foot prints too so that gsch2pcb and pcb can find them. I will look into the idea of keeping a directory of sym links just for a project. That would help with simpler names, too. Mike B On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 11:48 -0700, Mike Bushroe wrote:
> Is there any plan to add a footprint library to gschem similar to > the component library, or the foot print library function in pcb? > Mike > This was discussed a lot on this mailing list -- you may search the archives. One "problem" is, that gschem is not PCB centric. gschem -> PCB is one workflow, among many others, i.e. spice. A PCB footprint browser or previewer for gschem may not hurt, but there will not be too much benefit. For people familiar with gEDA/PCB finding footprints is no problem. (Checking that footprints fit to parts is much more work -- making printout of layout and putting parts on footprints.) You may try something like ste...@amd64-x2 ~ $ locate -i qfp |grep 64 If unsure, load footprint in PCB for inspection. And see [2]http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html and [3]http://www.gedasymbols.org/ References 1. http://gedasymbols.org/ 2. http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html 3. http://www.gedasymbols.org/
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