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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 06:06:23 GMT
From: falcon AT ivan DOT Harhan DOT ORG (Spacefalcon the Outlaw)
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To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb file format (functions to walk thru by different properties)
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Another thing which might be useful is to store each footprint *once*
> and refer to it for each element,

That's what PADS does.

> but that means you'd need a way to
> override individual parts of the footprint for each element, too.

AFAICT PADS does not provide any such "override" mechanism; one has to
create two different "part decals" (PADS term for footprint) with
different names if any changes to the content of the "part decal" are
desired.

SF