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[Martin Schreiber <mse00000@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 02 February 2017 16:28:27 Clemens Koller wrote:
>
> BTW: Assignment of a footprints seems to me completely odd at this level.
>
I do not agree. Assume a through-hole resistor which can be mounted 
horizontally, vertically, on a single-sided board, on a double-sided board, 
or a SMD-resistor which needs different footprints depending on soldering 
technology and so on.
I really like the KiCad principle of loosely coupled schematic library part 
and footprint, much more flexible than the way other EDA-tools handle the 
task.
MSEkicadBOM looks up the component and footprint in a database based on 
value-fields in the schematic and defined footprint selection parameters and 
produces a *.cmp file which can be backported into the schematic.
It would be very bad news if it is not possible anymore.

Martin