Footprint Association should happen in PCBnew

[Joan_Sparky]

@Andy_P

If you read through this forum, you will soon learn what I think of the CvPCB design flow. But your idea really isn’t any different from the CvPCB flow.

sure?

@Electric-Gecko

I think it should be easy to associate an already-placed footprint with a schematic component. This would make Kicad’s workflow much less restrictive (as it is currently very restrictive).

To me this sounds like putting the cart before the horse.

Also, there is nothing wrong with the CvPCB workflow for hobbyists while professionals can ignore it completely (you would know, as you got an integrated library and never see CvPCB in your workflow).

IMHO - the only thing professionals as of now miss is an integrated library manager for ‘atomic parts’, but @c4757p seems to be headed that way:

[Developer Feedback] New component selector - brave testers?

Last night, I added a new component selector to eeschema: [image] By now, this should have filtered through into the various nightly builds. I’m looking for feedback and testing from any users who are adventurous to use/try nightly builds. (Be warned, please don’t do this if you don’t already understand why you shouldn’t. ;)) The component chooser adds the following: Footprint preview! For components that have a preset in their Footprint field, it will be displayed. Additional information …

Why didn’t you chime in on that thread yet (or are you active on the mailing list - then scratch this)?