Em Qua 16 Jun 2004 10:26, Chad Robinson escreveu: > Xtian Xultz wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:25:55 +0200 > > > > Levente KOVACS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi all, > >> > >> > >>Reading the mails here, I see that most of you created own libraries. So > >>did I. > >> > >>I have redrawn all the headers, for example, becouse the pads of the > >>original headers ware too small. > >> > >>Maybe we could share thoes things. Does anyone know a site where to > >>upload lib files? > > > > It is a great idea, but I am afraid about standards. The best is to make > > the lib according to some standard, like JEDEC or IPC. The problem is > > that I couldnt find any document about standards in footprints, and > > without this I cant imagine that gEDA libraries can have a consistent > > librarie to use gschem2ocb (I never used it...). So, if anyone have > > documents about it, share with us please... > > Even if it's not very standard it's still a good idea. I was surprised when > I couldn't find a TO-263 footprint, I figured this was a pretty standard > part. > > Here's an idea. Why not have two sections of the library? One would contain > all developer-submitted "core" footprints, and one would contain > user-submitted items. There's functionally no difference between the two, > but it serves as an indication to the user of where the footprint came from > and its likelihood of keeping its name in the future. > > At this time I've stayed with a commercial product for ONLY one reason - > footprints. It would just take too long to redraw the 300 or so footprints > I need that I can't find in PCB. gschem is a little weird compared to what > I'm used to, but I can get used to it. PCB is actually more sophisticated - > my commercial product doesn't create copper pour clearances for new tracks, > and that's just such a cool feature. > > If I could do a few a week and share these efforts with other users (to > have some hope that I wouldn't be redrawing every single one myself) that > would probably be enough to kick me over the edge. > > Regards, > Chad
If i]you think you have a well-made with a good standard, maybe it is good start point, making a conversion tool (sometimes is easyer than it looks like). But ALLWAYS we need a north, and a document from JEDEC or IPC is the best to point to where the PCB library must go...
