On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, coronetman1965 wrote:
> I can't get it in my head why you would want to build components when
> there are over 50,000 components listed in the libraries.
There's more than 50,000 types of IC around :-) Bet Diptrace doesn't have
the Wiznet W5100 in its library, for example.
Sooner or later, you're going to need to make your own footprints for any
schematics capture / PCB package - it's inevitable. It should be easy, too
- using gschem and PCB, you just draw the parts and convert them to
symbols or elements and add the appropriate attributes (i.e. pin numbers
and functions). I can't imagine any reasonably modern package is any more
difficult.