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This is interesting because I just downloaded a gazillion libraries from element14; no experience yet because I am just starting with Eagle, but maybe a stupid question: is a "footprint" not supposed to match the actual size of a comonent on a pcb? And if used in a schematic, surely it should be sizeable?To be specific I find that the symbols in Element 14 libraries are unusable because they are badly laid out and massive. They would lead to schematics that would cover several sheets, rather than one sheet and they would lead to schematics that would be incomprehensible. The EAGLE schematic below illustrates what I mean. Believe it or not, U1 is a simple buffer and U2 is a quad 2input NAND gate. Both symbols are from the Element 14 Texas Instruments library.
Or have I got something wrong.
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Sorry earckens missed your post.This is interesting because I just downloaded a gazillion libraries from element14; no experience yet because I am just starting with Eagle, but maybe a stupid question: is a "footprint" not supposed to match the actual size of a comonent on a pcb? And if used in a schematic, surely it should be sizeable?