Library Management Tool

Element 14 User wrote on Tue, 18 October 2011 09:54

I'm currently working on a library creation and management tool that

can be used with Eagle. This will make it much easier to create new

parts, reuse old ones and share libraries with others.

In what way will it make it easier to create parts, reuse old ones, and

share libraries above the native Eagle capabilities?  It seems creating

parts and reusing old ones is already pretty easy.  Sharing libraries with

others is more about common conventions than the actual sharing, so I'm

curious how you intend to address that too.

Frankly, this sounds like a answer wishing for a question, but I'm willing

to be convinced if you can show how I get something useful to me I don't

have now.

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Am 18.10.2011 16:40, schrieb Olin Lathrop:

In what way will it make it easier to create parts, reuse old ones, and

share libraries above the native Eagle capabilities?

Thanks for that question: It would be a real help to get some

information about what is planned for this tool. In my experience, using

EXTERNAL tools for ANY software quite often requires LOTS of converting

etc., so the main benefit of such tools is often dramatically reduced,

which of course should be avoided.

  - WILL this be an external tool?

  - Or will it be some ULP that 'talks' directly with EAGLE?

  - Will it work on ALL three platforms or not?

  - What new functions will it introduce?

  - ...

Andreas Weidner

Thanks for responding.

- It's mostly web based, with an Eagle extension planned.

- There is an expedited process to extract; symbols, footprints and mechanics from datasheets to build a complete part model.

- Revision management, change history, variants etc.

- Crowd sourcing

I'm not ready for a public beta, however if you think this might help you out, i'd love to talk.

Thanks,

Andrew

Element 14 User wrote on Tue, 25 October 2011 10:41

Thanks for the viewpoint.

Who's viewpoint?  Please learn to quote properly.  You include just enough

of whatever you are replying to so that readers of your post have some

context.  Several people expressed several viewpoints.  We have no idea

which viewpoints from whom you are referring to.

Quote:

Library curation is a big deal for a professional engineers,

I think what people are saying here is that it's laregly not.

Quote:

There are a few high end products on the market to deal with library

creation and management, but as mentioned the vast majority of users end

up producing their own standards, processes and schema in an ad-hoc

manner.

I'm not sure what is out there for third pary library management, but yes,

I agree most end users (at least the professionals) have each evolved their

own standards.

But once again, instead of trying to tell us what our problems are, how

exactly will your system work and address these issues?

You are being dismissed as just espousing a bunch of hype until you answer

some concrete questions.

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Thanks for the viewpoint.

Library curation is a big deal for a professional engineers, spanning the whole design->production chain. There are a few high end products on the market to deal with library creation and management, but as mentioned the vast majority of users end up producing their own standards, processes and schema in an ad-hoc manner.

As ever, please email

andrew@seddon.me

if library curation is a pain point for you and you would like to take a look at a solution.

Cheers,

Andrew

Thanks for the viewpoint.

Library curation is a big deal for a professional engineers, spanning the whole design->production chain. There are a few high end products on the market to deal with library creation and management, but as mentioned the vast majority of users end up producing their own standards, processes and schema in an ad-hoc manner.

As ever, please email

andrew@seddon.me

if library curation is a pain point for you and you would like to take a look at a solution.

Cheers,

Andrew

Element 14 User wrote on Tue, 25 October 2011 10:41

Thanks for the viewpoint.

Who's viewpoint?  Please learn to quote properly.  You include just enough

of whatever you are replying to so that readers of your post have some

context.  Several people expressed several viewpoints.  We have no idea

which viewpoints from whom you are referring to.

Quote:

Library curation is a big deal for a professional engineers,

I think what people are saying here is that it's laregly not.

Quote:

There are a few high end products on the market to deal with library

creation and management, but as mentioned the vast majority of users end

up producing their own standards, processes and schema in an ad-hoc

manner.

I'm not sure what is out there for third pary library management, but yes,

I agree most end users (at least the professionals) have each evolved their

own standards.

But once again, instead of trying to tell us what our problems are, how

exactly will your system work and address these issues?

You are being dismissed as just espousing a bunch of hype until you answer

some concrete questions.

--

Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.