On 20 Mar 2012 at 10:57, Andy Kowalewski wrote:

> Hey, let's all call them "footprints". No possibility of uncertainty,
> in any language, even for the metrically challenged.

Zuken software (CR5000, Cadstar) uses "component" for the physical 
sum of pads, silkscreen, assembly etc, "symbol" for that ugly thing 
on a schematic, "part" for the sum of "symbol", "Component" and all 
attributes and other stuff, bundled in the library, and our preferred 
"footprint" means s.th. completely else, they use it for specific c&p-
enabled or automatically applicable fanout patterns.... :-))

Best regards
Matthias


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