Hi Torben-

The second time y= ou run gsch2pcb it looks at the differences. The first time it may not have= picked up all of the elements due to footprint name errors. The second tim= e (and all subsequent times) you run it, it produces board.new.pcb, = which contains the new elements, so that it doesn't overwrite your orig= inal file. To get them into the layout, you have to do as it says: open the= layout then go to the file menu, select "load layout data to paste bu= ffer", and select board.new.pcb. Then you can paste them into the layo= ut.

Alternatively, if you haven't done any= work on the pcb yet, you can delete board.pcb and board.new.pcb and rerun = gsch2pcb.

Also, make sure that you execute Select = > Disperse All Elements, as sometimes the elements will overlap when the= y're brought into the layout.

Cheers,

--Chad

<= div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 2:44 PM Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Hi,
It is rather confusing. When I run gsch2pcb project I get:

----------------------------------Done processing.=C2=A0 Work performed:
5 file elements and 0 m4 element= s added to board.new.pcb.

Next steps:
1.=C2=A0 Run pcb on your fi= le board.pcb.
2.=C2=A0 From within PCB, select "File -> Load lay= out data to paste buffer"
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 and select board.new.p= cb to load the new footprints into your existing layout.
3.=C2=A0 From w= ithin PCB, select "File -> Load netlist file" and select
= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 board.net= to load the updated netlist.

4.=C2=A0 From within PCB, enter
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 :ExecuteF= ile(board.cmd)

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 to update the pin names of all foo= tprints.

First it does= not tally with the description given in the tutorial - I am using the one = that comes with Ubuntu.

Second, when I run pcb board.pcb I get only the transistor and the resist= or on the screen with a yellow line leading nowhere. Should'nt I get bo= th one.sch and two.sch? If I folllow the instructions above I add the one.s= ch to the screen all bundled up. Both one.sch and two.sch appear to be OK.<= br>

As I say, I am con= fused.
best ergards
tor= ben

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 3:46 PM Torben Friis <friistf AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
=
It worked.

=
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 3:26 PM Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-he= lp AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
Hi Torben-
Welcome to the community! Please feel free to post any question= s you may have.

I think the issue is that the = CONNECTOR is no longer an m4 element, so, it's not generating it the wa= y the tutorial thinks it should.

Looking thro= ugh the pcb element footprints, there is, however, a footprint "CONNEC= TOR 1 2". I suspect that will serve for your purposes. Please try chan= ging "CONNECTOR 2 1" --> "CONNECTOR 1 2" and see if = that fixes it.

Thanks,
--Chad
<= div>

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:00 AM Torbe= n Friis (friistf AT gma= il.com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
Hi,
This is my first attempt at using geda-help.

W= hen in the Bill Wilson gEDA tutorial I use:

gsch2pcb project

= I get the following message in the log:

CONN202: can't find PCB = element for footprint CONNECTOR-2-1 (value=3Dunknown).
So device CONN202= will not be in the layout.

The attributes of the connector are.
=
device: BNC
footprint: CONNECTOR 2 1
refdes: CONN202

I thi= nk that I have followed the instructions, so what is wrong?
best regards=
torben