Re: gEDA-user: PCB footprints

[Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 14:24 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-03-19 at 17:17 +0530, vsrk sarma wrote:
> > As a new user to geda &PCB i have some queries.
> > 
> >    I notice the pin numbers (given in pcblib-newlib footprint files such
> >    as DB25f.fp) listed in quotes inside text files are not used and PCB
> >    renumbers the pins in the sequence they appear in the text file of .fp
> >    ). Is my obsevation correct? s there any purpose for  which numbers in
> >    qoutes such "5" can be used?
> > 
> >    Do these numbers correspond I find it more cofusing because footprint
> >    when opened in PCB doesn't show up pin numbers.
> 
> Pins and Pads in PCB have a Name and a Number -- both are Strings, often
> both have the same Value.
> 

OK,  

>less /usr/share/pcb/pcblib-newlib/geda/DB25F.fp

>                # Remainder of the first row
>                        Pin(1056 2458 60 35 "2" 0x01)
>                        ElementLine(1016 2458 770 2458 20)
>                        Pin(1056 2350 60 35 "3" 0x01)
>                        ElementLine(1016 2350 770 2350 20)
>                        Pin(1056 2242 60 35 "4" 0x01)
>                        ElementLine(1016 2242 770 2242 20)
>                        Pin(1056 2134 60 35 "5" 0x01)
>                        ElementLine(1016 2134 770 2134 20)
>                        Pin(1056 2026 60 35 "6" 0x01)


This file uses a very old format, this may be documented in 

http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf

Seems that there is only one string...

Sorry, no clue.




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