Colin D Bennett wrote: > If you put default footprint attributes on the symbols, it is an > invitation to error. It's better to force the user to specify a > footprint for each component.
If you want to force users, you can put in a footprint with an invalid value. No footprint attribute at all just heightens the barrier. Footprint attributes not only contain a value. They also contain placement information relative to the symbol. I am no fan of forcing users. But your argument does not convince me anyway. No default footprint value is an invitation to error, too. Newbies hardly know the difference of SO16 and SO14-wide. Default footprint attribute values should of course correspond to reasonable footprints in the default lib of PCB. So default will produce reasonable results that can be manufactured. If the user wanted SMD, he or she will notice during placement. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user