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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:29:37 -0800
From: Colin D Bennett <colin AT gibibit DOT com>
To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject: [geda-user] pcb =?UTF-8?B?4oCcSW1wb3J0IFNjaGVtYXRpY3PigJ0=?= footprint search
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Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com

Hi,

I've been using gsch2pcb to import schematics into pcb for a long
time now and I now wish to streamline the process using the
File | Import Schematics feature of pcb.  However, I use the
following structure for my electronics projects:

./Schematic/Schematic.sch
./Schematic/gafrc   <-- add ../Symbols to gschem search path
./Symbols/*.sym
./Layout/Board.pcb
./Layout/update     <-- shell script, calls gsch2pcb
./Footprints/*.fp

Currently, the ./Layout/Board.project config file is used by
the 'update' script, causing gsch2pcb to look for footprints
in ../Footprints, using a command line option.

Board.project:
------ 
schematics ../Schematic/Connectors_and_Power.sch ../Schematic/Microcontroller.sch ../Schematic/Radio.sch
output-name Board
elements-dir ../Footprints
skip-m4
------ 

My question is, how can I tell the Import Schematics feature of pcb
to look in the Footprints directory for my footprint files?
I see from the pcb manual that there is a make+Makefile support
mode, but it sounds difficult to write the required Makefile, since
it would need to produce a pcb command script to insert the proper
footprints, etc., at least as I read it.

Is there any attribute I could set in my layout file specifying a
relative path to the footprint location for purposes of imports
(and possibly also as a starting directory for the File | Load
Element Data from File action)?

If there is no option yet, would it be a simple addition?  I could
look at the pcb source and try to hack it in.

Thanks.

Regards,
Colin