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[Justin Partain <justinwpartain1@xxxxxxxxx>]

At my workplace, we use this workflow as well.  Each real "part" is a
symbol as its base, with BOM info in the symbol properties, with a specific
footprint for each part. Out of the four EE's doing schematic/layout here,
we never open  CvPCB.

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Justin Partain

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Clemens Koller <cko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello, Chris!
>
> Eeschema    -> Schematic editor
>
> Pcbnew      -> Layout editor
>
> Cvpcb       -> move it to Library editor or manager
>
> BTW: Assignment of a footprints seems to me completely odd at this level.
>
> When I create a part it consist of a partname, schematic symbol, an
> assigned footprint, a 3d-model, and some attributes all in
> one place. Then I grab that part by its partname (like the handle of a
> suitcase) and use it in the schematics. From there it gets
> forwarded to the layout, bill-of-materials and assembly data and
> optionally to an 3d-renderer without any additional tweaking.
>
> A part to buy, i.e. named "LTC6362CMS8" comes already with all the
> information to be placed in the suitcase - it has exactly one type of
> footprint (here MSOP-8, JEDEC MO-187-AA). I don't see any reason to assign
> different footprints to parts, because they usually have only one.
>
> It's a different story if there will be some solder yield tweaking to
> automagically replace/update *all* footprints of a design by using a
> different process library. (i.e. use RoundRect shapes vs. Rectangular
> shapes to improve tombstoning or solderpaste release.)
> Here, we are thinking to generate footprints dynamically depending on
> soldering process parameters - but an MSOP-8 will still be an MSOP-8.
>
> Pl Editor   -> Template editor (we might want to edit other stuff as well
> such as board outlines for PCIe and similar things)
>
> Bitmap2Component -> Remove as independent app, make "Import image" in
> libedit and modedit (dito.)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Clemens
>
>
> On 2017-02-02 14:56, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > I admit I'm getting self-indulgent here, this request is definitely a
> > bit "what Chris would do if made Dictator of KiCad", but... just testing
> > the waters here:
> >
> > What do people think about, for either the 5.0 or 6.0 release, ditching
> > the old application names, in favor of everything being one tool under
> > the "KiCad" roof:
> >
> > Eeschema    -> Schematic editor
> > Pcbnew      -> PCB editor, or Layout editor, or Board editor
> > Cvpcb       -> "Assign Footprints"
> > Pl Editor   -> Title block editor
> > Bitmap2Component    -> Remove as independent app, make "Import image" in
> >                        libedit and modedit
> >
> > I know this one is going to be controversial, but I don't really see the
> > point of these old names. They're... weird. Cvpcb - what does that even
> > mean? :P
> >
>
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