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Welcome to why those of us who build PCBs NEVER use a parts library other than our own. Nobody will ever take the care to maintain a parts library unless there
by bsder 3y ago
Welcome to why those of us who build PCBs NEVER use a parts library other than our own.
Nobody will ever take the care to maintain a parts library unless there is money involved.
The KiCAD libraries are about as good as it gets as long as you stick with common parts.
- taway32r41 3y agoI never understood this mentality myself. I use parts libraries all the time. Whether or not I drew the symbol, I still have to double check it as it's not like every symbol I every drew comes out perfectly the first time. So if I need to check it, why not save myself the step of drawing the rough draft of it? For example I've never had an issue with a snapeda schematic symbol. Even free tier. Although sometimes I rearrange them for esthetic reasons. I've definitely had to adjust their footprints for DFM reasons. But IMHO it's much faster to tweak someone else's work than start from scratch.