| ID: | 3667 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Jan 2020 06:25:00 +0100 (CET) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd |
| in-reply-to: | 3666 from Jesse Frey <je...@gmail.com> |
| replies: | 3668 from Gabriel Paubert <pa...@iram.es> |
Hello Jesse,
On Sat, 11 Jan 2020, Jesse Frey wrote:
>Hi, Igor2
>I think I am getting somewhere. I was following the instructions given
>by gsch2pcb-rnd to run the command file. I saved as lihata v6 board is
>now a .lht file. Now when I optimize the rats nest a log window pops
>up (I don't think it did this before) and from reading the output I
>realized that pins 3-6 were all named pin3 (I feel dumb now). I also
>found that another part that I was having trouble with also had an
>incorrectly numbered pin.
Don't worry, such errors happen all the time! You can use {v n} over
padstacks or the subcircuit to make the numbers visible.
>I fixed the .fp files and tried re-importing
>the schematic (using import schematics, as you suggested) I still see
>the same isues. How do I refresh the footprint?
Yup, sch-import (or gsch2pcb-rnd) won't notice if you did a fix in
the library so they do not reload footprints from the lib. They look at
the board, and if there's a subcircuit with the given refdes and
matching footprint attribute, they accept it's an already imported and
placed part.
There are two very easy options for force replacing from lib:
1. Just delete the subcircuits that should be re-imported, before the
import; missing subcircuits are always read from the library so you would
get the new version placed. Drawback: pcb-rnd won't remember where they
were placed so you will need to place them again.
2. If you have a netlist and a board and everything placed already, and
you know nothing changed, only the footprint in the lib, it may be cheaper
to manually replace the footprint manually. This is done by opening the
library window (key: {w n}), selecting the footprint and placing it over
the original subcircuit on the board while pressing the shift key. This
will replace the old subcircuit with the one you just loaded from the
library, copying all attributes from the old one (so you won't lose
refdes). If you do this by clicking at the origin of the subcircuit, you
can even keep the placement. (But you need to do the rotation manually,
just like if you did the initial placement).
HTH,
Igor2
Reply subtree:
3667 Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
3668 Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd from Gabriel Paubert <pa...@iram.es>
3672 Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd from Jesse Frey <je...@gmail.com>
3673 Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
3674 Re: [pcb-rnd] Connections in Netlist but don't appear in PCB-rnd from Jesse Frey <je...@gmail.com>