Re: gEDA-user: Heavy Symbols and such

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

Dan McMahill wrote:
> Steve Meier wrote:
>> There would be a ten million part library for resisters if you rrestrict
>> yourself to a flat file format that limits the expression of the data so
>> that it can't capture "natural regularities of that universe of components "
> 
> 
> well, the way I often times see this handled in big companies is there 
> are internal part numbers.
> 
Big companies, small companies, and me myself in my garage.  Having been 
pickled in that process over the years, I've come to see it's value.  I 
made myself a small mySQL database that cross-references "my" part 
number to manufacturer part numbers, and manufacturer part numbers to 
Digi-Key and Mouser part numbers.  It sounds like a lot of work, but it 
really does save time in the end.  So I attach my part number as an 
attribute, and generate my kit lists using a dim-witted C program and mySQL.

-dave


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