With the recent discussion that included libraries, updating them and old designs etc as part of it, I thought I'd ask a few questions separately to that.
Here we usually have a library for each design database, this means each design is totally separate, there is no worry about updating components in a new design affecting the old, as their libraries are totally separate. BUT, this does mean a LOT of tedious copying across commonly used components between libraries when creating a new design. So, me and my colleague (only two Protel users here) wondered about creating a central library for all our designs. This sounds better, however I can find flaws in this also, such as when you require a custom footprint due to a particular layout for only one single design and also how to control the library for access, also us both ending up adding components in duplicate! I'm interested to find out how everyone else has their libraries set up and how it all works, pro's and con's etc. I also need to know how to set it up, will I need a separate ddb containing just libraries or just library files to import into each design? Either way I also need to maintain integrity of the library in the case a ddb goes corrupt aswell, as if all the components/footprints are only in the central library and it gets corrupted, I'm in for a lot of work! Thanks, Best Regards Norman Webster Development Engineer Gas Detection Systems -------------------------------------------------------------- Draeger Safety UK Limited [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.draeger-safety.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Draeger Safety >> Pioneering Solutions ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
