| ID: | 3244 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Aug 2019 04:47:17 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] default doc layer missing |
| in-reply-to: | 3243 from pc...@cuvoodoo.info |
| replies: | 3247 from pc...@cuvoodoo.info |
On Tue, 6 Aug 2019, pcb-rnd@cuvoodoo.info wrote: >when I directly open a subcircuit with a doc layer, the doc layer is displayed in the layer stack and the included shapes are drawn. >but when I import the same subcircuit and place it on the board, I get the following error message: >Couldn't bind layer top-assembly of subcircuit while placing it >Couldn't bind layer top-courtyard of subcircuit while placing it > >my guess is that there are not doc layers present in the default layer stack to match do. Correct: these layers are not yet standardized, so we do not have anything similar in the distributed default board file. They are not missing in the pcb-rnd sense that the default should have them (yet). They are missing in the user-sense that if you want to have them, you need to create them. Either on the specific board you have, or in your default (template) board so any new board you start will have them. I should really think over the details (from the data model side and scriptable DRC) and document the recommended conventions and upgrade the default board, before too many users start using too many different convention for the same thing. But this will be a new mail. >I also did not find how to add one using the GUI. You will need to create layer groups. The GUI way for that (on the gtk HID) is to right click a layer group name in the layer selector and choose the "Create new group" menu item. It will present a submenu with the usual group types. This menu is also a shorthand: it creates the group _and_ a layer in the group to save some clicks. >I used pcb-rnd-svn r27060 (2019-08-06) >a sample subcircuit is attached > Looks good! If you create the appropriate groups on your board _before_ the import, placing the subc will bind automatically (along best match of layer type, location and purpose). If you first place the subcircuit and then create new layers, you will either need to re-place te subc or manually edit the layer binding (because creating new layers won't go and change the layer binding of all existing subcircuits, that would be a bit dangerous). HTH, Igor2
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