On Tuesday 25 January 2005 10:13 pm, Matt Ettus wrote: > I can't seem to find a 1008 footprint in the pcb library. Anyone got one? > > We should make this process more scalable. It should take almost no > effort for someone to contribute all the footprints which they have > made to some centralized repository, and simply mark them as > "unvetted". we have been using the gEDA tools for minor work for about 6 months. Specifically, gschem has been used to produce schematics that are included in documentation and have not been fed into PCB to produce layouts. FWIW, this is real work for commercial projects. Further, gschem fulfilled this duty well. In fact, it has worked so well that we now are interested in seeing what we can do using gschem and PCB in a workflow. Obviously, we are exploring alternatives to purchasing more seats/upgrades to the commercial offering we use. However, there is a catch: gEDA lacks a default package of useful, modern elements and footprints that are universal to all componets that comprise gEDA (In our case, at this time, gschem and PCB). So, we are in the process of developing our own. In the past, the majority of elements and such have been provided by the software vendor. Naturally, we checked them before using them in production. We view the time and effort of creating our own parts from scratch as a cost of using a open source gEDA solution. There has been talk on this list that some users have element libraries that were created for use with newlib. It has also been indicated that these libraries may be fairly complete. Further, these threads have, on occasion, indicated that the element libraries *might* be for sale. In the event this is true, the owners of these libraries should speak up. Personally, I have no problem with element library sales. As far as commercial use of gEDA tools go, element sales are a good thing. Please note that I'm not saying that we are shopping for elements. What I am saying is that knowing that elements can be purchased at X price would help businesses (Like us) better evaluate the true cost of using the gEDA tools as compared to traditional commercial offerings. I am sure there are other users who have lurked on this list that will follow this thread closely (That is, unless it dies). Best regards Marvin Dickens
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