geda and pcb don't care if the pinnumbers are numbers or strings. As long as they are the same.
>From a preference point of view I like the pin numbers to match the component data sheet. Steve Meier On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 11:35 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: > > Change the pin names to numbers in the schematic symbol files. Then > > the footprint pin numbers will map to schematic symbol pin numbers. > > Yeah, like John pointed out this is a problem with the symbol > ${geda install dir}/share/gEDA/sym/analog/npn-2.sym. It uses B, C, > and E as the pin numbers. The pinnumber needs to be a number, and > the numbers should correspond to the numbers on the footprint you want > to use. > > Do this: > > 1. Figure out how your preferred footprint is numbered. > > 2. Copy npn-2.sym into a local symbol directory under your project > directory. Call it symbols/ > > 3. Edit your local gafrc file to include the line > > (component-library "./symbols") > > 4. Edit the copy of npn-2.sym in ./symbols. Number each pin to > correspond to your footprint's numbering scheme. > > 5. Nuke your old netlist. > > 6. Re-run gsch2pcb, and then re-read teh netlist into PCB. > > 7. Please file a bug report at the gEDA Bugzilla site about this > symbol. > > FWIW, I did a shortened version of the above, and was able to get rats > attached to the TO-92s after I changed the transistor's pinnumber > attributes to numbers. > > You can read more about handling local gafrc configuration here: > > http://www.geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem#how_do_i_configure_my_local_gafrc_to_find_my_local_symbol_directory > > Stuart > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user