Maybe I was the cause of this discussion... (from a previous thread - Schematic link to document files)
If so, I appoligize, because I was thinking about something pretty simple. I think the current KiCAD schematic library manager will access document files on the web ok as it is. Here are 2 files for a component named USB_TYPE_B: file1 - UsbTypeB.lib with ".txt" appended to the filename file2 - UsbTypeB.dcm with ".txt" appended to the filename The component in this library references a document file on my website. Download these files, remove ".txt" from the filenames, and add the component USB_TYPE_B from this library to a test schematic. When you right click on this new component in a schematic and select "DOC", the document file from the web will be displayed happily. Just include the URL in the filename when making the 'library' component. ================================ However, the only way I have been able to do this is with the KiCAD Library Editor. Therefore, each component (on a schematic) that shares the same library component, will have the same document file displayed (if one was included in that component's library build. I am using 'generic' type components from the library, and changing (just the value maybe) some field names in the schematic component. It would be good if the document file referenced by each of these 'schematic' components (that inherited the same 'library' component) could have unique document files. Sorry if this was confusing. ...Jim H. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Eskelson To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Fwd: Web-based library manager?
