Re: [Kicad-developers] A question for library devs.

Hi, Indeed, this dates back from the beginning of the KLC. The question about origin had been discussed on both the kicad-lib-committers and the developers mailing list. Here is some of the archives. I hope this helps. Regards, Carl O

Re: [Kicad-developers] A question for library devs.

Wayne, Historically, the through-hole parts were always referenced of the pin 1, because through-hole IC placement machines did not have vision systems (we’re talking about 1970’s. Only with the advent of SMT, placement machines started to use vacuum nozzles and later vision, so it became more

Re: [Kicad-developers] A question for library devs.

I can see the rule about origins is on initial commit of kicad library convention (may 2014) so the origins are changing with newer commits. About changes: some of .pretty libraries are going to be removed because some of footprints were sorted to reduce the mess in official libraries. W dniu

[Kicad-developers] A question for library devs.

While I was fixing the broken 3D models on the interf_u demo, I noticed that reference point (0,0) for many if not all of the through hole footprints and models is now pin 1 of the footprint instead of the physical center of the footprint. When did this change take place? I'm pretty sure referenc