DIP socket footprints (solved)

[Rene_Poschl]

You might have a bit of a misunderstanding here. You ask for a dip socket which is a footprint but you write about component selection which (if you use stable v4.0.x [1]) only allows to add symbols to the schematic.

So normally you add a symbol for your specific IC. Lets say an NE555. Then you assign the correct dip socket to it.

Short version:
a symbol represents the function of your component (your ic)
the footprint represents the landing pattern of the physical devise.

More details in this old post of mine (it is a link so you can read the full post):

Find component Neutrik

For connectors simply use the conn_RRxPP symbols from conn.lib? (RR= number of rows, PP = number of pins per row) Maybe there is a connector symbol in the conn list that you like more. Or draw up your own symbol if you do not like any of the symbols available. This symbol is then assigned a footprint. Either place a wire solder connector if you have a short wire to connect to the chassis connector or design the footprint for your chassis connector if it is placed directly on the pcb. (This i…

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If you use nightly (or if you read this later and use v5) then the component chooser also allows to set the footprint field on addition. There the same rules apply as in cvpcb. The footprints shown are filtered via the symbols footprint filter fields.