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On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:
> DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>>> In particular, the many-to-many-many relation between symbols,
>>> footprints and values must be managed in the head of the user.
>>
>> IMHO the many-to-many relation is probably one of the most complex
>> problems we still need to solve.
>>
> A sufficiently versatile package format would provide a solution to
> this problem. A package can be viewed as a way to integrate the
> knowledge about the various aspects of components.
>
> A package can be as simple as a set of symbols and footprints. In this
> case the knowledge would be the implicit statement that these symbols
> and footprints are compatible. But it can also provide a list of
> footprints which can be combined with a specific symbol. It can also
> provide the information that a component needs to be represented by a
> set of symbols (e.g. a opamp could be represented by a triangle symbol
> and a separate supply symbol)

What about opamps that have more involved pinouts? For example I have
some instrumentation opamps that are really involved.

> ---<)kaimartin(>---
>



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