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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb-rnd feature poll: please vote
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On Jul 25, 2015, at 9:09 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> wrote:

> I see only weak reason to use the chooser in pcb in the first place. 
> Footprints are chosen in the schematic.

That’s a way to do it, but it’s inflexible and doesn’t scale well. Better to map generic standard gEDA footprint names to the real footprints downstream. Much more flexible.

> I only use chooser dialogue in 
> pcb as a catalogue to see the what is available. This is of course a 
> bit of a crutch which is only necessary because gschem lacks proper UI 
> mechanisms to scan the library of footprints.

And that’s a good thing. Gschem should not be tied to a particular downstream flow. It doesn’t have a SPICE model browser, either.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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