Hi Chad,

My apologies for being slow in = responding.=C2=A0 I have had other issues to attend = to.

One simple issue is that the system does not = (as installed), pick up the =E2=80=98default_font=E2=80=99 file.=C2=A0 = It is located in the =E2=80=98share/pcb=E2=80=99 directory area, but the = system seems to be looking for it in the =E2=80=98bin=E2=80=99 = directory.=C2=A0 I copied the file into the =E2=80=98bin=E2=80=99 = directory area and it seems to load it without a = problem.

I am working to get a screenshot for you of = the 4.2 version=C2=A0 In the meantime, I have loaded an old version of = pcb from the ftp area, installing first the gEDA and then the pcb = versions.=C2=A0 Pcb loads in the =E2=80=98gEDA/bin=E2=80=99 = directory.=C2=A0 When started, it looked as though it was working the = same as the new version, but not quite.=C2=A0 I managed to insert some = elements (I couldn=E2=80=99t see them) =E2=80=93 they appeared to load = in the board corners (may not be entirely true, but the report on holes = indicated that 4 elements had been inserted, with numerous holes of = various sizes), and then I moved around the screen and eventually found = some blue cross lines (2 horizontal and two vertical).=C2=A0 I = =E2=80=98zoomed max=E2=80=99 and found exactly what I had expected, a = screen with components on and a grid.=C2=A0 It would appear that the = initial window had not been initialised properly.=C2=A0 As mentioned in = my email of Mon 07/10/2019 14:36, ability to load the pcb0000xxxx.save = file may have resolved this issue on the 4.2 version, but I still cannot = find this file.=C2=A0 The old version could not find a pcb000xxx file = either.=C2=A0 I also had to copy the =E2=80=98default_font=E2=80=99 file = in the old version.

I have snipped a screen view (nothing to see = in the board area, so inserted some =E2=80=98vias=E2=80=99 and zoomed = max with the vias being reported as being on the board, so I re-snipped = to show the report.=C2=A0 I attach the new snipped = view.

If there is anything else you need, please = let me know. =C2=A0I am more than happy to assist with testing to = improve your product.

You may=C2=A0 be interested to know that my = son insists that I am being too persistent and should just abort any = idea of using your product, but I am convinced (probably because it is = =E2=80=98old technology=E2=80=99) that it is probably the best available = and worth pursuing.

Regards and best = wishes,

Brian

From:<= /b> Chad Parker = (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] = [mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com]
Sent: 09 October 2019 = 16:13
To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: = [geda-help] New pcb software user on windows-10

Brian-

Can you post a screenshot? I'm having trouble = replicating your issue.

Do you see the board in the drawing area? Can you zoom = in and out with the mouse wheel? If you turn on the grid from the view = menu, can you zoom in and see it? If you move the mouse over the board = area, do you see the cross hair lines move with the = mouse?

Thanks,

--Chad

On = Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 7:51 AM Glen W. Ruch (gw DOT ruch AT yahoo DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] <geda-help AT delorie DOT com> = wrote:

Have we considered the simple . . = .

Does each component have a footprint listed in the Attributes? = Can the
OS find the footprint??? Are the footprints M4 = type?

Regards.

On 10/7/19 2:35 PM, Brian Jolly (jolly773 AT btinternet DOT com) [via
geda-help AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> Hi = Bob,
>
> I tried installing in c:\users\brian , so no spaces = in the path. The 'Program Files (x86)' directory was selected by = the Sourceforge installation process as the default. I have tried = it again into the users/brian directory to make sure, but no = different.
>
> Many thanks for your time and attempt to = assist. If you have any more suggestions, please let me = know.
>
> Regards and best wishes
>
> = Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob = Paddock (graceindustries AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com] [mailto:geda-help AT delorie DOT com]
> Sent: 07 October = 2019 15:51
> To: geda-help AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: = [geda-help] New pcb software user on windows-10
>
>> I = did install it with Sourceforge and it installed a number of = sub-directories as C:\Program Files (x86)\PCB-4.2.0. If you want = more details, let me know what you want and how to recover = it.
>> I have tried uninstalling it and re-installing in = another directory, but that was the same.
> Did that directory too = have a space in the path?
> Spaces in the path have confused = things in the past on some = systems.
>
>