Hi there,
so what i want to accomplish is this:
I have a PCB based on trough-hole (THT) footprints. Now i want to create a second PCB with surface mount components (SMT), based on the same schematics. It is way easyer to mill the THT board for small projects but i eventually want to have a SMT version manufactured some day.
Now it would be nice to have sth like the .cmp file holding a ‘footprint to components - template’. This way i could assign the THT footprints, export the netlist and create the THT board. Then save the ‘footprint-template’, assign the SMT components, export the netlist and create the SMT board.
When i change the schematics i could then easily update both the SMT and THT boards by switching the ‘footprint - template’ or just select not to update the footprints in pcbnew.
I am aware that this also depends on pinouts, so it might be impossible anyways. Checking the ATTINY2313 Component i see that the Pinouts for the attiny PORTs would be mapped right if i just change the component from DIP to SO in the schematic. (that would still be easyer than remapping all the footprints).
So to all of you experienced folks - am i having a bad idea in the first place?
Is there a way to save a .cmp file? I looked trought the manual and the gui but could not find any references apart from the abandoning of the cmp files.
Thanks and cheers,
Marxen