The benefit is that once you have verified a triplet works on a board, you can use it again without fear of error. The current system is not ideal for re-use/production engineering.
On Thu, May 23, 2019, 4:06 PM Rene Pöschl <poesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Seth > > What is the benefit compared to having lets say a more powerful aliasing > system that allows bom specific things to be more easily included in the > kicad internal library without introducing something different? > (especially as i assume the new file format will provide a more powerful > option in this regard anyways.) > > On 23/05/19 21:41, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > Hi All- > > > > After some discussion, we are trying to decide whether implementing a > > basic atomic library support would be useful during v6 or would cause > > more headache than worth while trying to work with the solution. > > > > Background: "Atomic" libraries are ones that have unique names for > > symbol+footprint+properties combinations. These are also referred to as > > "Fully-specified" libraries or sometimes "house libraries". > > > > The paradigm is outlined in a google document[1]. This is meant to > > provide an explicit option for users to create/utilize atomic library > > components without affecting the symbol or footprint formats. It is > > also meant to be zero impact to the current, official KiCad libraries. > > > > The major limitations of the specification are: > > - No editing of the atomic library file within KiCad > > - The atomic library does not contain symbol or footprint data > > > > Folks are welcomed to weigh in on whether this approach presents a > > viable work flow for them. I'm happy to take suggestions on the > > approach, I may ask you offline for some additional details of how you > > use KiCad and/or other tools with libraries at the moment. > > > > Best- > > Seth > > > > > > [1] > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FNPmUAkNVt7r9oz32OznDrqL8RHdGHpO-eiBVEzHCOs/edit?usp=sharing > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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