Re: gEDA-user: OT: I hate footprints

2008-07-31 Thread Dan McMahill
Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > It seems the only way to deal with them is to create each footprint from > scratch eachtime I have to use one. Nearly eachtime I try to use an > existing footprint things turn out wrong. > There seems to be nearly no standardization in these things. Each chip > manufac

Re: gEDA-user: OT: I hate footprints

2008-07-31 Thread Steve Meier
Well, there is a fair amount of standardization. Far from perfect but some exits. Devices which use JEDEC packages seem pretty good, few exceptions where you have to watch out for pin number. But JEDEC doesn't cover every available package. I have been working on a spread sheet where I try to capt

Re: gEDA-user: OT: I hate footprints

2008-07-31 Thread Dave McGuire
On Jul 31, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote: >> It seems the only way to deal with them is to create each >> footprint from >> scratch eachtime I have to use one. Nearly eachtime I try to use an >> existing footprint things turn out wrong. > > We -all- feel your pain. Yep. The one that

Re: gEDA-user: OT: I hate footprints

2008-07-31 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Thursday 31 July 2008 17:29:52 Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: > It seems the only way to deal with them is to create each footprint from > scratch eachtime I have to use one. Nearly eachtime I try to use an > existing footprint things turn out wrong. We -all- feel your pain.

gEDA-user: OT: I hate footprints

2008-07-31 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
It seems the only way to deal with them is to create each footprint from scratch eachtime I have to use one. Nearly eachtime I try to use an existing footprint things turn out wrong. There seems to be nearly no standardization in these things. Each chip manufacturer gives them a different name, pcb