Re: gEDA-user: footprint=none

[Eric Winsor <ewinsor@srl-sdl.org>]

Bill Wilson wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 12:46:50 -0500 (EST)
> sdb@cloud9.net (Stuart Brorson) wrote:
>
>
> > Why have a footprint attribute at all?  I would just omit the attrib
> > if  there is no associated PCB footprint.  It is not required.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I am doing cable assemblies at the moment.  I have made several symbols 
> > > for the connectors involved and because these connectors are not made to 
> > > be soldered to a PCB I have used footprint=none to comply with the 
> > > required footprint= attribute.  Is this a legal use/value of/for the 
> > > footprint= attribute?  None is not in the footprint naming conventions 
> > > of the symbol creation guide.
>
> But if there's no footprint attib, wouldn't the symbol also need to
> have the graphical=1 attrib?  Otherwise the current gsch2pcb/gnetlist
> backend would get confused.
>
> To cover the bases, I could make gsch2pcb aware of a "none" footprint...
>
> Bill
Without the footprint= attribute gsymcheck gives the warning:

Warning: Missing footprint= attribute

Shouldn't a good symbol NOT have any warnings?

I don't think graphical=1 is appropriate either because the symbols have 
pins and are used in nets.  This case cable wiring schematics.


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Eric Winsor
Stewart Radiance Laboratory
Space Dynamics Laboratory - USURF
Bedford, MA 01730