Re: gEDA-user: Resistor valuesâ

[kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Johnny Rosenberg wrote:

>> You may take a look at the symbols in http://gedasymbols.org
>> Many of them are "heavy", meaning, they come with value and
>> footprint attribute included.
> 
> Sorry for my ignorance (English is not my main language), but
> what does  âfootprintâ mean in this situation?

It is the name of the pattern of copper and holes to be manufactured
on the actual printed circuit board for the component the symbol refers 
to.

There is a glossary of terms at the projects website:
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:glossary

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