On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 11:11 PM Chad Par= ker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com= ] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com>= ; wrote:

Hi Torben-

The second time you 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 time (and = all subsequent times) you run it, it produces board.new.pcb, which c= ontains the new elements, so that it doesn't overwrite your original fi= le. 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 buffer&qu= ot;, and select board.new.pcb. Then you can paste them into the layout.
=

Alternatively, if you haven't done any work o= n the pcb yet, you can delete board.pcb and board.new.pcb and rerun gsch2pc= b.

Also, make sure that you execute Select > Di= sperse All Elements, as sometimes the elements will overlap when they'r= e brought into the layout.

Cheers,
-= -Chad

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 2:44 PM Torben Friis (friistf AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] &= lt;geda-help AT del= orie.com> wrote:
Hi,
It is rather confusing. Whe= n I run gsch2pcb project I get:

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Done processing.=C2=A0 Work= performed:
5 file elements and 0 m4 elements added to board.new.pcb.
Next steps:
1.=C2=A0 Run pcb on your file board.pcb.
2.=C2=A0 Fr= om within PCB, select "File -> Load layout data to paste buffer&quo= t;
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 and select board.new.pcb to load the new footprint= s into your existing layout.
3.=C2=A0 From within PCB, select "File= -> Load netlist file" and select
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 board.net to load the updated netl= ist.

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 :ExecuteFile(board.cmd)

=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0 to update the pin names of all footprints.

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

Second, when I run pcb boa= rd.pcb I get only the transistor and the resistor on the screen with a yell= ow line leading nowhere. Should'nt I get both one.sch and two.sch? If I= folllow the instructions above I add the one.sch to the screen all bundled= up. Both one.sch and two.sch appear to be OK.
=
As I say, I am confused.
best ergards
torben

On Wed, Dec 26, 20= 18 at 3:46 PM Torben Friis <friistf AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
It worked.=

On Wed, De= c 26, 2018 at 3:26 PM Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT c= om> wrote:
Hi Torben-

Welcome to the = community! Please feel free to post any questions you may have.

I think the issue is that the CONNECTOR is no longer an m= 4 element, so, it's not generating it the way the tutorial thinks it sh= ould.

Looking through the pcb element footpri= nts, there is, however, a footprint "CONNECTOR 1 2". I suspect th= at will serve for your purposes. Please try changing "CONNECTOR 2 1&qu= ot; --> "CONNECTOR 1 2" and see if that fixes it.
Thanks,
--Chad

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

When in the Bill Wilson gED= A tutorial I use:

gsch2pcb project

I get the following messag= e in the log:

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

The attributes of the connector are.

device: BNC
footpri= nt: CONNECTOR 2 1
refdes: CONN202

I think that I have followed th= e instructions, so what is wrong?
best regards
torben
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