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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 08/10/2014 11.38 skrev "Benoît Roehr" <benoit.roehr.ec@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hello dear developers.
>
> Le 08/10/2014 10:08, Andrew Zonenberg a écrit :
>>
>> Second the vote for consistency, no matter which way it goes.
>>
>> Personally, I have a slight preference for "footprint" over "module" as
>> well.
>>
>> On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 18:56 +1100, Mitch Davis wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Mark Roszko <mark.roszko@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hehe, well, I guess everything can be renamed in the opposite
>>>> direction. But consistency is needed.
>>>
>>> YES PLEASE!  A number of people I've spoken to were really confused by
>>> this inconsistency.
>>>
>>> I use footprint myself.  Though footprint seems to imply what a PCB
>>> must have in order to accommodate a part, eg, pads, silk.  Are the 3d
>>> models part of this?  If they are, then footprint might not be the
>>> best term.
>
> I agree with this. What you want to rename "Footprint" is more or less a
container unifying different PCB objects (pads, lines, 3d model...), but
may not be a footprint (logos, mounting holes, screws...)

IMHO logos, mounting holes, etc. are all footprints. Anything that is an
object that takes space on any PCB layer is a footprint in my head.
Although an exception could be lines an text, but they are certain
simplified footprints undependent from stuff from the schematic netlist.
This should not be hard to distinguish.

> Altium folks use the "Component" term both in Schematic libraries and PCB
libraries. You know what you are looking at knowing what type of library is
browsed. I don't remember for Proteus.
>
> Benoît.
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mitch.
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