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[Drew Van Zandt <drew.vanzandt@xxxxxxxxx>]

The benefit is that once you have verified a triplet works on a board, you
can use it again without fear of error.  The current system is not ideal
for re-use/production engineering.

On Thu, May 23, 2019, 4:06 PM Rene Pöschl <poeschlr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Seth
>
> What is the benefit compared to having lets say a more powerful aliasing
> system that allows bom specific things to be more easily included in the
> kicad internal library without introducing something different?
> (especially as i assume the new file format will provide a more powerful
> option in this regard anyways.)
>
> On 23/05/19 21:41, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > Hi All-
> >
> > After some discussion, we are trying to decide whether implementing a
> > basic atomic library support would be useful during v6 or would cause
> > more headache than worth while trying to work with the solution.
> >
> > Background: "Atomic" libraries are ones that have unique names for
> > symbol+footprint+properties combinations.  These are also referred to as
> > "Fully-specified" libraries or sometimes "house libraries".
> >
> > The paradigm is outlined in a google document[1].  This is meant to
> > provide an explicit option for users to create/utilize atomic library
> > components without affecting the symbol or footprint formats.  It is
> > also meant to be zero impact to the current, official KiCad libraries.
> >
> > The major limitations of the specification are:
> > - No editing of the atomic library file within KiCad
> > - The atomic library does not contain symbol or footprint data
> >
> > Folks are welcomed to weigh in on whether this approach presents a
> > viable work flow for them.  I'm happy to take suggestions on the
> > approach, I may ask you offline for some additional details of how you
> > use KiCad and/or other tools with libraries at the moment.
> >
> > Best-
> > Seth
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FNPmUAkNVt7r9oz32OznDrqL8RHdGHpO-eiBVEzHCOs/edit?usp=sharing
> >
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