Re: gEDA-user: Footprint recognition

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:51:29 +0100, Goran Mekić wrote:

>     OK, another problem with footprint. I can list files that belong to
> PCB package and filter out footprints, but I have no idea what to do
> with macroes. For example, I've stumbled upon bridge rectifier
> (http://www.gotwind.org/diy/images/Bridge_Rectifier.jpg or
> http://media.digikey.com/photos/Vishay%20Genreral%20Semi%20Photos/
W005G.jpg),
> and because there's no element in pcb that looks like rectifier,

The default footprint library of pcb is a minimal, essentially non-
maintained, historically grown set. As such, there are many shortcomings 
and stumbling blocks. Some of which you just discover. However, there is
searchable database of user-provided footprints:
	http://www.gedasymbols.org/ 
Search for "bridge" yields a footprint drawn by Levente Kovacs.
Mine don't contain the term "bridge" but the manufacturer "Diotec": 
	http://www.gedasymbols.org/scripts/search.cgi?key=diotec

There is a FAQ on predrawn footprints: 
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#where_can_i_get_pre-drawn_footprints_for_pcb

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