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Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: >> Current pcb prefers footprints from the system library over >> identically named footprints from the user. This is very likely not >> what the user had in mind when creating the local version. I like >> to have see generic footprint name in my schematic. Like "0805". So >> I run into this all the time. Consequently, I habitually remove the >> default libraries after a build/upgrade. > > It would be nice to have a more elegant solution to that but it > can't break things for people who use those stock libraries. > I don't see how a switch to prefer user provided footprints would break the work-flow of a reasonable current set-up. The behavior only changes if the user provides footprints with the same name as in the system library. This would be ignored by current pcb. What reasonable use case would call for local ignored footprints? ---<)kaimartin(>---
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