There is some support, we can use the eagle footprints from v6. But the problem I see is simply that it is not easily possible in eeschema yet.
2016-04-08 10:07 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Nauck <benja...@nauck.se>: > Eagle doesn't store schematic symbols and footprints into separate files > like Kicad does. > Instead Eagle stores devices/components in their library files where a > device has a symbol and one or many references to footprints with pin > assignments. [1] > Eagle also supports pad shapes that Kicad doesn't. > This makes it a bit difficult to read lbr files natively but adding some > support for importing symbols and footprints should be possible. > > [1] "Create new library part in Eagle" > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPAPggihC8I > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 7:34 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I guess that lbr files are for the schematic symbols. If that is the >> case, I think the reason is nothing with licensing, but rather that >> there is no "plugin" implemented for eeschema as there is in pcbnew, >> where one would implement this conversion. >> >> 2016-04-08 3:28 GMT+02:00 Daniel Wilches <dwilc...@gmail.com>: >> > Hello, >> > >> > I noticed that to use Eagle's lbr files in Kicad we need to export them >> > from >> > eagle using an ulp (https://github.com/lachlanA/eagle-to-kicad). >> > >> > I think it would be beneficial to have Kicad read directly the lbr >> > files, as >> > that saves time to the user and doesn't require the user to have Eagle. >> > But >> > I wonder if it is not done due to some licensing issues. >> > >> > I'm posting this to the developers list as I'm not aware if someone is >> > working on something like that, and if nobody knows of it and is a >> > desired >> > feature then I could help developing it. >> > >> > Regards. >> > >> > -- >> > Daniel Wilches >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
