Hi,
I always check pin1 and pin2, or pinA and pinB wth all components, and I
change module or component numbering to fit what I need.
This way I have made my own library. See that diode footprints are very
different: through hole or smd, larger or smaller, with two or three pins...
Don't worry about changing your footprints numbers since they are only a
matching convention between eeschema component and pcbnew module.
Regards,
Pedro.
Hi...
I'm trying to get up to speed with KiCad, and it's going pretty well.
8^)
One thing that bothers me, though, is the footprint/module for diodes as
presented in the standard library. In the library version that I got when
installing KiCad just a few weeks ago, the anode is marked as pin 1, and the
cathode as pin 2. Good. But, the square pin shape is on pin 2. Not good??
Doesn't this violate conventions on pin shapes? Isn't it always pin 1
that is supposed to get the square shape? Would I be painting myself into
some kind of corner if I change all diode modules to have square shapes for
pin 1?
Thanks for your time in looking at this.
Best regards,
...Shel
