Cannot find the Softpot Membrane Potentiometer part in Fritzing?

[aknoerig]

From @eljacko on June 6, 2015 16:25

Here is a link to evidence it has been used in Fritzing projects:

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/sik-experiment-guide-for-arduino---v32/experiment-10-reading-a-soft-potentiometer

Please tell me how I can find the Softpot Membrane Potentiometer part.

Copied from original issue: fritzing/fritzing-app#3092

[klhernandez42]

The softpot membrane potentiometer part, its here: https://github.com/sparkfun/Fritzing_Parts/blob/master/products/08680_softpot_membrane_potentiometer_50mm.fzpz

[failiz]

this can be closed as the part is already in the core

[KjellMorgenstern]

I tried to search for "Softpot" within the Fritzing Application, but could not find it. Are you sure it is already in core?

I downloaded the part from github.com/sparkfun , and opened / drag and drop it into Fritzing and use it without problems.
The question is, should we sync that repo into Fritzing? There are many sparkfun parts in Fritzing, so I tend to say yes.

[failiz]

You are right. I thought it was a force sensor resistor (we have those), but this is a potentiometer.
We have plenty of bins from Sparkfun, I also thought they were synchronized. I also agree that it would be nice to include them (and the AdaFruit ones). It will make things easier for newbies and it will not increase loading times (I think).
Maybe we should reorganize the bins, there are too many. We should have some preferences to select the active bins to display.