| ID: | 5855 |
| From: | rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:26:48 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] new: PadstackReplace with menus |
Hi all,
sometimes we want to replace the padstack prototype of a lot of vias and
terminals. As long as it's board vias, or terminals of a single subc, it's
relatively simple because you can load the target padstack proto in the
board's or subc's local prototype library. But when it's multiple
subcircuits to deal with, each would require that manual step.
The new feature helps automating this. It is implemented upon user feature
request. It is accessible from pcb-rnd svn HEAD.
1. Action
The new action is called PadstackReplace. Documentation:
http://www.repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/user/09_appendix/action_details.html#padstackreplace
2. Menu on selected
In the select menu there's a "change selected objects" submenu that has a
new "replace selected padstacks" submenu.
You can manually select the affected padstacks or use query() or the
advanced search to select them. It doesn't matter if you also have
non-padstacks selected. Works accross subc-boundaries.
3. Popup menu on object
The right click context popup menu over vias and subcircuit padstacks
offer a single-object variant
4. Other considerations
All of these are fully undoable. They are also "undo-batched", which means
one operation is one undo serial number, so adding the prototype and
making the change in the padstack ref is a single {u u} or when you run it
on selection the whole thing, replacing all selected padstacks will be a
single {u u}.
A common use case is when you have a bunch of subcircuits and you figure
you want to have their padstacks differently. Plan A should be fixing your
subc in your library and then re-importing them (can be automated). Plan B
is to replace padstacks: first load or construct the new padstack, then
copy it into the buffer, then select all the padstacks in all subcircuits
affected and "replace selected", "from buffer".
Best regards,
Igor2
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