Oh, and if you're wondering, the changes that I have m= ade in PCB are:

* Implemented "ElementPoly" so= you can have silk polygons in elements - essential for logos

* A= dded an extra layer that operates like an inverse of the solder mask layer = for adjusting the solder paste size for pads - essential for making stencil= s

* Added rudimentary scaling of the contents of the pastebuffer = (not elements, but everything else) which is essential, again, for making l= ogos and getting them the right size.

The first of= those adds extra stanzas to the footprint (and hence the pcb) files. The s= econd adds an extra value to each Pad entry for the solder paste stencil ap= erture size.=C2=A0 Both of those mean that my PCB files can't be opened= by a normal copy of PCB since it doesn't know what they are.

I added the changes a long, long, long time ago, and I have no clue ho= w I did them. So reimplementing them would be a lot of re-learning. If some= one has already implemented those, though, then I could look at switching t= o a newer version and experimenting with the new facilities, but until then= I am stuck where I am.=C2=A0

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10= :47 PM Majenko Technologies <matt@= majenko.co.uk> wrote:

Well, yes at the moment I do have to use it.= =C2=A0 I don't have the import functionality. The changes I have made t= o PCB have broken my ability to pull upstream updates. Until I get round to= re-creating the changes in PCB (unless someone else has already done the t= hings I have) in the current codebase I'm stuck with an older version. = I mean, I can't even open my files in the new version (unless someone h= as changed the file format into the exact same as I have...)

=
I guess I should check out the latest version sometime and see what I = would need to reimplement to get myself up to date.

On Mon, Sep 2, 201= 9 at 10:44 PM DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
"Majenko Technologies (matt AT majenko DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"<= br> <geda-user AT de= lorie.com> writes:
> The way this system is designed, yes, I need to save and revert. You > need to ensure that the file is saved before running gsch2pcb
> otherwise it won't know what he current elements are. And you need= to
> revert afterwards so that any removed elements vanish in PCB.

I guess my question is "do you really need to run the obsolete gsch2pc= b,
instead of the new file->import that bypasses it and has much better
functionality?"

File->Import does not use gsch2pcb, it uses a different netlist filter that lets you do in-place updates.

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= Matt Jenkins
Majenko Technologies