X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Message-ID: <5220DCB4.8020106@sonic.net> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:56:04 -0700 From: Dave Curtis User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121028 Thunderbird/16.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] gsch2pcb -- remind me how it works References: <5220D115 DOT 2080600 AT sonic DOT net> <5220D74D DOT 1030009 AT estechnical DOT co DOT uk> In-Reply-To: <5220D74D.1030009@estechnical.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com On 08/30/2013 10:33 AM, Ed Simmons wrote: > Hi Dave, > > Just a quick suggestion... > > On 30/08/13 18:06, Dave Curtis wrote: >> It's been a while since I've done pcb's, but getting back into it. >> I'm trying to help my daughter make a PCB for a science fair project, >> and I'm hitting some dumb problems with gsch2pcb that I know I once >> new how to solve.... >> >> We're using whatever versions of gEDA are in the Ubuntu 12.04 repo. >> >> Problem #1: A footprint for every slot shows up in board.pcb >> >> The problem is with slotting. The netlist looks sensible enough, but >> lots of stuff like: >> >> unnamed_net26 U9a-4 J18-2 >> >> and the .pcb file has footprint instances for both the 'a' and 'b' >> slots of U9. So, it's acting like gsch2pcb is ignoring slotting. >> Slot attributes seem to be set correctly. I thought gsch2pcb ignored >> trailing lower case letters in refdes, which triggered correct >> netlist handing? Also, I thought pcb was OK with having trailing >> lower case letters on refdes in the netlist, and ignored them... is >> my memory correct? >> >> So when we went through with gattrib, I had my daughter assign the >> same footprint attr to every symbol... my memory is a little fuzzy on >> if that is correct... should only one symbol per package have a >> footprint attr? >> >> Problem #2: Where are the rats? >> >> In pcb, after 'optimize rats' only ground and one other net show up. >> What's up with that? >> >> TIA >> -dave >> > Try using PCB's feature for importing schematics instead of using > Gsch2pcb... you'd just start a new layout with pcb and then select > 'Import Schematics' from File menu. Much of the craziness of gsch2pcb > is sidestepped here. OK, I'll have to try that, too. I've been away from gEDA for a while so I'm not current with leading-edge goodies. > > If you have multiple schematic pages, select them all when importing, > the PCB file will then remember these files as the source for the info > about this design. Save your new PCB layout and untangle your > hopefully visible rats nest! > > HTH, > Ed >