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

Hi Torben-

The second time you run gsch2pcb it looks at the differences. The f= irst time it may not have picked up all of the elements due to footprint na= me errors. The second time (and all subsequent times) you run it, it produc= es board.new.pcb, which contains the new elements, so that it doesn&= #39;t overwrite your original file. To get them into the layout, you have t= o do as it says: open the layout then go to the file menu, select "loa= d layout data to paste buffer", and select board.new.pcb. Then you can= paste them into the layout.

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 eleme= nts will overlap when they're brought into the layout.
Cheers,
--Chad

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 2:44 PM To= rben Friis (friistf@= gmail.com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
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Hi,
It is rather confusing. When I run gsch2pcb project I get:

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

Next steps:
1.=C2=A0 Run pcb on you= r file board.pcb.
2.=C2=A0 From within PCB, select "File -> Load= layout data to paste buffer"
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 and select board.n= ew.pcb to load the new footprints into your existing layout.
3.=C2=A0 Fr= om within PCB, select "File -> Load netlist file" and select <= br>=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 :Execu= teFile(board.cmd)

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

First it d= oes not tally with the description given in the tutorial - I am using the o= ne that comes with Ubuntu.

Second, when I run pcb board.pcb I get only the transistor and the res= istor on the screen with a yellow line leading nowhere. Should'nt I get= both one.sch and two.sch? If I folllow the instructions above I add the on= e.sch to the screen all bundled up. Both one.sch and two.sch appear to be O= K.

As I say, I am = confused.
best ergards
= torben

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

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

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

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

Looking = through the pcb element footprints, there is, however, a footprint "CO= NNECTOR 1 2". I suspect that will serve for your purposes. Please try = changing "CONNECTOR 2 1" --> "CONNECTOR 1 2" and see= if that fixes it.

Thanks,
--Chad

On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 7:00 AM T= orben Friis (friistf= @gmail.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.
<= br>When 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 CON= N202 will not be in the layout.

The attributes of the connector are.=

device: BNC
footprint: CONNECTOR 2 1
refdes: CONN202

I= think that I have followed the instructions, so what is wrong?
best reg= ards
torben