On 9/23/2010 4:12 AM, Martijn Kuipers wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2010, at 1:09 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> symbol - The graphical and/or electrical representation of a component. >> Think everything between DRAW/ENDDRAW in the current file format. >> >> field - The default and user defined text values that describe a >> component such as value, reference designator, footprint, etc. >> >> component - The combination of default and user defined fields and a >> symbol that get imported into a schematic. >> >> library - One or more components along with some meta-data to describe >> the library. >> > > > When drawing a schematic everything is easy when using components, especially > using user-defined libraries. Does this mean that Kicad will ship with a > large set of (component-) libraries? Or, will every user need to start > creating his own, from symbols (is there a symbol-library foreseen?)?
I doubt Kicad will ever ship with a large set of manufacturer specific component libraries. I think the main goal is to provide a quality set of generic libraries and hope that as users create more complete component libraries that they make them freely available for others use and/or modify. Once these libraries mature, they could be added to the list of libraries included with Kicad. As for symbol only libraries, I'm not sure we will need them if we provide copy/paste into the component library editor. > > Will the component-library also have a reference to (default) footprint(s)? > Related to this, if a component is available with different footprints are > they different components, or the same component with a reference to multiple > footprints? If the latter is true, then one could easily choose another > footprint in newPCB, for instance. I don't see any reason why the footprint field could not used to define wild cards for pattern matching or multiple footprints when creating generic components such as 7400 or RESISTOR similar to what we have already. You could just as easily create manufacture specific component using the full part number as the value field which would be tied to a specific footprint. > > /Martijn > P.S. What is the preferred option regarding the mailing-list. Do I reply to > the author and CC the list or just reply to the list (if someone is not > subscribed to should then ask to be CC-ed) ? Generally speaking you should reply to the list. I only email someone directly regarding a matter that does not require input from all the Kicad developers. Wayne > > > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp