On Wednesday 05 December 2007 21:40:49 Dave N6NZ wrote:
> Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:11:35 -0800, Steve Meier wrote:
> >> I tend to create symbols that have a predefined foot print and then only
> >> override it at the schemtic level when I need to.
> >
> > Me too.
>
> Me three.
>
> > I'd be happy to see an obvious extension of this concept: An attribute
> > that lists a number of preselected footprints for this symbol. E.g. the
> > list for a resistor could be "0805, 0402, RES_RM10, VISHAY_S101. The
> > attribute editor would convert this list into a chooser widget.
>
> I like that idea. gschem's attribute dialog could use that to be
> smarter -- it could give you a drop-down combo box for pre-defined
> choices, and of course let you type in something different as well.
> That would probably be useful for many attributes with a few sensible
> defaults.
I believe that Peter C was working on this but there were implementation
difficulties.
There appears to be a tracker item for it:
[ 1723653 ] Intelligent helper interface for attributes
Peter
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Peter Brett
Electronic Systems Engineer
Integral Informatics Ltd
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