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Re: gEDA-user: footprints

This may be an easier way for you to do footprints ---

1. make a directory named footprints in your home directory
2. Download the file
   http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-symbols-jcl_2006-1-25.gz
   to the footprints directory
3. tar zxf pcb-symbols-jcl_2006-1-25.gz
4. For each component in your schematic to the following

   a. Browse the footprints at
      http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html to find a
      footprint you like.
   b. Add a footprint attribute to the schematic symbol

5. After you have saved your schematic you can create a PCB
   layout with the command ---

   gsch2pcb --elements-dir ~/footprints SCHEMATIC_NAME

(* jcl *)



On 2/26/06, Marc Price <mark.price13@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ive tried multiple times now using Grep to find the footprint for a
> resistor i add it and it doesnt work! every time i try it either uses
> the wrong footprint or says error, surely a footprint selector of some
> sort needs to be added to either gattrib or gschem in order to simplify
> this process.
>
> Sorry i got to say this i like the look and feel of gEDA but no common
> sense has gone into making these programs work together.
>
> Marc >:o
>


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