Mail Archives: geda-help/2019/01/29/13:30:07
Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Hi Chad,
> Thank you.
> torben
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 1:28 PM Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com>) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com
> <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com
> <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Torben-
>
> As a general rule, you can use anything that you can make work!
>
> I believe that the footprints in newlib/ are part of the standard
> pcb library.
>
> There are two types of footprints: M4 and "element files". The
> things that you see in the pcblib file are, I believe, data used
> for generating the M4 footprints. These are old and we are no
> longer encouraging their use. The pcblib.contents file is just an
> index for pcblib.
>
> In general, if there's a specific footprint you need, and you
> can't find it, you can ask on the mailing list. It's likely that
> someone has one that they haven't published that they would be
> willing to share.
>
> --Chad
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 4:29 AM Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:friistf AT gmail DOT com>) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com
> <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com
> <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have noticed the following files exist:
>
> torben AT torben-Aspire-E5-773G:~$ ls /home/geda/www/footprints
> CVS m4lib.cgi newlib pcblib
> index.html m4query.cgi newlib.cgi pcblib.contents
>
> Is one of these the one I get as standard when I add a component?
> If yes, can I choose another one?
> best regards
> torben
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 1:14 PM Torben Friis
> <friistf AT gmail DOT com <mailto:friistf AT gmail DOT com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Vladimir,
> Thank you for clarification. I have deleted the file.
> best regards
> torben
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 4:49 PM Vladimir Zhbanov
> (vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com <mailto:vzhbanov AT gmail DOT com>) [via
> geda-help AT delorie DOT com <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>]
> <geda-help AT delorie DOT com <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:19:08AM -0500, Chad Parker
> (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com
> <mailto:parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com>) [via
> geda-help AT delorie DOT com <mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com>]
> wrote:
> ...
>
> > The file #one.sch# is either a lock file or a backup
> file, I don't remember
> > which.
>
> It's backup for unsaved changes. Plain backup filename is
> "one.sch~" in this case, i.e. the previously saved
> version of the
> schematic file is saved under this name when the user
> invokes
> "File → Save".
>
> --
> Vladimir
>
Hi,
Footprints can also be found on http://www.gedasymbols.org
Kind regards,
Bert Timmerman.
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