Werner, Thanks for your reply. All right, here's one of my symbols that does not have the automatic refdes and footprint. It is for the 24lc256 serial eepromn: Frank
v 20050313 1 B 200 500 1200 1200 3 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 { T 200 1900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 refdes=U? T 200 1700 5 10 1 0 0 0 1 footprint=SO8W } P 0 1300 200 1300 1 0 0 { T 0 1300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=1 T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=1 T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=1 } P 0 1100 200 1100 1 0 0 { T 0 1100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 0 900 200 900 1 0 0 { T 0 900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=3 T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=3 T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=3 } P 0 700 200 700 1 0 0 { T 0 700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=4 T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=4 T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=pwr T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=4 } T 200 1300 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a0 T 200 1100 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a1 T 200 900 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a2 T 200 700 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 vss T 1000 1300 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 vcc T 1000 1100 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 wp T 1000 900 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 scl T 1000 700 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 sda P 1600 700 1400 700 1 0 0 { T 1600 700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=5 T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=5 T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=5 } P 1600 900 1400 900 1 0 0 { T 1600 900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 1600 1100 1400 1100 1 0 0 { T 1600 1100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 1600 1300 1400 1300 1 0 0 { T 1600 1300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=pwr } T 0 1500 8 10 1 0 0 0 1 device=24lc256 T 300 1400 8 10 1 1 0 0 1 description=serial eeprom v 20050313 1 B 200 500 1200 1200 3 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 { T 200 1900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 refdes=U? T 200 1700 5 10 1 0 0 0 1 footprint=SO8W } P 0 1300 200 1300 1 0 0 { T 0 1300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=1 T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=1 T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 0 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=1 } P 0 1100 200 1100 1 0 0 { T 0 1100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=2 T 0 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 0 900 200 900 1 0 0 { T 0 900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=3 T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=3 T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 0 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=3 } P 0 700 200 700 1 0 0 { T 0 700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=4 T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=4 T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=pwr T 0 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=4 } T 200 1300 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a0 T 200 1100 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a1 T 200 900 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 a2 T 200 700 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 vss T 1000 1300 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 vcc T 1000 1100 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 wp T 1000 900 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 scl T 1000 700 9 10 1 0 0 1 1 sda P 1600 700 1400 700 1 0 0 { T 1600 700 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=5 T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=5 T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in T 1600 700 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=5 } P 1600 900 1400 900 1 0 0 { T 1600 900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=6 T 1600 900 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 1600 1100 1400 1100 1 0 0 { T 1600 1100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=7 T 1600 1100 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=in } P 1600 1300 1400 1300 1 0 0 { T 1600 1300 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 pinnumber=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinlabel=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pinseq=8 T 1600 1300 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 pintype=pwr } T 0 1500 8 10 1 0 0 0 1 device=24lc256 T 300 1400 8 10 1 1 0 0 1 description=serial eeprom On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:07:05 +0200, "Werner Hoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi Frank, > > On Thursday 19 April 2007 18:07, Transistor Toaster wrote: > > I created various symbols and saved them in the .sym file format with > > the name-1.sym convention. They were created having 4 attributes: > > refdes, footprint, description and device. When I place the > > components in a brand new design.sch file, for HALF of them, the > > footprint and refdes dissapear and I must add them manually. I can't > > figure out why. Did anyone ever have this problem? How do I fix it? > > Please add one of your symbols to the mainling list. It's much easier to > help you then. > > Regards > Werner > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user -- Transistor Toaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user