Re: Commonly used PCB Design Components, your favorites requested

From: Chaos Master (spam_at_spam.com.INVALID)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:51:36 -0300

Boris Mohar says:

> Instead of creating thousands of symbols, create a powerful and easy to
> library editor. Make it possible to edit the part directly in the schematic
> or at least shuffle the pins around. Have a look how Orcad has done it and
> don't do it that way. It is a peace of crap. I should know, I use it.
> ( the devil you know etc..)
>
> Ditto for footprints. Make sure that the pad array generator is full
> alphanumeric and works in imperial and metric.

Something I would like would be a 'library sharing' web page.
Someone creates a symbol. The symbol looks good? Share it.

I once tried to do this with SPICE models, creating a big "database" to be put
online but I couldn't go on, because of lack of time.

The problem would be the various software packages...
(SPICE models are universal)

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