Hi all,
I was thinking to start create my own library (maybe I will adopt some parts from other libraries)
Would you point me for good managed libraries out there?
i.e: libraries that follow some policy.
That will be for symbol and footprints.
What are your policies?
Thanks all.
policy
use real part-names for “value”
put footprint and part in libs/directories using manufacturers name
put footprint into part-field
keep fab-layer usable
Andy_P linked his here:
http://www.latke.net/asp_digital/?p=35
My way of doing things is all over the forums 
Oh, and be careful with manufacturer part names/number for KiCAD part names as those must not be unique.
Safest way is to decouple manufacturer name/ID from part name in KiCAD by either using an internal number (without a database you get lost = might work for teams/groups and has some advantages) or use distinguishable part names that work for your flow (I do that).
Example for 2 smd alu capacitors from Nichicon how I do it:
Capacitors_Alu.lib (1.3 KB)
C-ALU_SMD-6.3DIA-7.7H.kicad_mod (3.8 KB)
C-ALU_SMD-8.0DIA-10.5H.kicad_mod (3.9 KB)
C-ALU_DIA8.0-H10.5.wrl (225.1 KB)
It’s good for me, must not be good for you though 
I wonder how much longer until someone cobbles together a tool that works as part manager…
It should be some sort of container that holds the symbol, the footprint, the 3d model (vrml + step) & the datasheet.
And it would need to be able to push/pull those parts into the KiCAD repos/libs/folders.
Any dev knows if stuff like this is being aimed for?
the all so common part-name (value) “10K” is unique ?
i dont understand this
parts are in libs
they are bound to be unique within that lib
no problem
manufacturers part-name rules, , post-processing BOM i am all for, but thats another story.
Mine’s not perfect - it was less well organized to begin, and I’ve been working on cleaning it up. But I do make an effort. So here’s mine.
Rendered previews: https://github.com/cpavlina/kicad-schlib-preview
Design guidelines: https://github.com/cpavlina/kicad-schlib/blob/master/DESIGN.md
Standardized keywords for part description: https://github.com/cpavlina/kicad-schlib/blob/master/DESCR.md
Nice work @c4757p Chris! It looks that you know what you are doing 
… lots of g33k work on that. I will give it a try just to see…
Well. I have my own library repo too. https://github.com/keruseykaryu/kicad-kerusey-library
Under development all the time.
if you are referring to 3D STEP models (and then their VRML associated models), you can have a look here
So you’re talking not just a pre-rendered thumbnail, but a 3d viewer?
If you are talking technical and thinking on kicad, my current work on the 3d-viewer and @cbernardo may let you build something based on kicad source / integration that will let you visualize 3d model preview.
You already have integrated the 3d model preview on current KiCad main trunk, in the footprint model shape association dialog.
.. but I suggest in that case that you think on something portable between OSs 
It might be possible to make a script to copy all the files used by KiCad to provide the rendering. From there it might be possible to create other applications which provide such a preview but it will be necessary to provide replacements for the Prj() and Pgm() variables. To support the internally defined model paths you will also need to process the kicad_common configuration file.
Of course this assumes that you want to use the plugins to render any model file which is supported by the plugins; if you only want to display STEP or IGES then it may be better to use the OCE visualization toolkit.
