As Greg says the pdf is very useful... If you are using "normal" pots there are two option, RV2 & RV2X4 on the first page. If these do not match your pot you will have to draw your own.
Andy On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:41:40 -0000 "acidb...@ymail.com" <sunblast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info, but after looking thru it im so confused, they're > diagrams that kinda look like pots but after checking them out in 3D view > they're not. Still looking, still searching, still lost. > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess <gregory.dy...@...> wrote: > > > > Step 1: Print out the PDF file that has all of the footprints placed on one > > board with the name beside it. > > > > Step 2: Refer to document printed in step 1 every time. > > > > Step 3: Find part you are looking for on those sheets and there will be the > > name in the mod libraries. > > > > I found that PDF file extremely useful when starting my first board > > layout. That printout is quite worn and written all over now, but it is > > every bit as useful today as it ever was! > > > > I hope that helps as I don't know the exact module to use to solve your > > issue. > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: "acidb...@..." <sunblast...@...> > > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:44:24 PM > > Subject: [kicad-users] My pots get wrong footprint in CVpcb > > > > My pots get loaded as sm1206 footprint which aren't pots at all. > > So what should i be looking for on the mod file for potentiometers ? > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > > question. > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > > Kicad. > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > > Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
