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Hello Bryce.
Just wondering if there is a module or if I could create my own that has a dummy part in it. This would allow me to place a symbol in eeschema that represents a component not on the board like bolts, nuts, other mounting hardware, etc. but would not actually result in a footprint on the PCB? This makes creating the BOM much easier for a project. Is this possible? I performed several quick searches of the messages here but turned up nothing.Of course yes, this is possible. Just make a footprint with nothing in and save it with a name. |
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KB1LQC
Hi All,
Just wondering if there is a module or if I could create my own that has a dummy part in it. This would allow me to place a symbol in eeschema that represents a component not on the board like bolts, nuts, other mounting hardware, etc. but would not actually result in a footprint on the PCB? This makes creating the BOM much easier for a project. Is this possible? I performed several quick searches of the messages here but turned up nothing. Bryce |
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By a strange co-incidence I wanted to do the same just a few days ago for a wired piezo-beeper that is mounted off-board but connected via an on-board header. I don't know if it's the best solution but I simply didn't give the component a footprint. PCBNew grumbles when the netlist is imported, but otherwise all was OK.
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Regards, Robert. On 30/06/2012 08:00, KB1LQC wrote:
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Hello Bryce.
Just wondering if there is a module or if I could create my own that has a dummy part in it. This would allow me to place a symbol in eeschema that represents a component not on the board like bolts, nuts, other mounting hardware, etc. but would not actually result in a footprint on the PCB? This makes creating the BOM much easier for a project. Is this possible? I performed several quick searches of the messages here but turned up nothing.Of course yes, this is possible. Just make a footprint with nothing in and save it with a name. With best regards: Bernd Wiebus alias dl1eic |
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JorgeF_Tech
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi ? I would say that you should have used the ¡°header¡¡± component and footprint. ? Just my 2 cents¡ ? ? Best regards Jorge ? ? ? ? De: kicad-users@... [mailto:kicad-users@...] Em nome de Robert ? ? By a strange co-incidence I wanted to do the same just a few days ago On 30/06/2012 08:00, KB1LQC wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if there is a module or if I could create my own that has a dummy part in it. This would allow me to place a symbol in eeschema that represents a component not on the board like bolts, nuts, other mounting hardware, etc. but would not actually result in a footprint on the PCB? This makes creating the BOM much easier for a project. Is this possible? I performed several quick searches of the messages here but turned up nothing. > > > Bryce > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. > Please visit for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at ! Groups Links > > > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 120630-0, 30/06/2012 > Tested on: 30/06/2012 17:39:34 > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2012 AVAST Software. > > > > > -- () Plain text email - safe, readable, inclusive. /\ |
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I did - for the header. But I wanted the buzzer in the parts list too.
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