At 2006-10-05 15:16, you wrote: >Sceneario: > >I have a Protel Design Database. Within the PCB I need to have a few >"custom" footprints, but I do not want to add them to the master "PCB >Footprints.lib" which is located within "Advpcb.ddb" that all databases >reference. I do not want to modify that. > >Lets just say that I made these footprints within a local library called >"123.lib" which resides wihin the current database "abc.ddb". > >An alternate situation might be that I just "made" a local library "abc.lib" >from the pcb "abc.pcb" within the database "abc.ddb" > >To make these libraries usable I have had to "add" them to the PCB design >(or alternately a Schematic) using the "Add/Remove" tab under "Libraries".
Protel schematic components and PCB footprints are completely independent of the library from which they came, once they're placed into a design. The connection to the library is solely an attribute of the local design environment, and in fact I don't think there's any way to find out what library a particular part came from once it's placed. Indeed, I've screwed up designs and ended up with two different components with the same lib ref name. Unless someone is adding components to a design, they don't need your libraries at all. And then they only need your libraries if you want them to use your components. But there's no way to stop them from adding parts from whatever libraries they have locally. Did I misunderstand something in your query? Steve Hendrix ____________________________________________________________ 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]
