On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:32:17 -0800, S. Aguinaga wrote: > ** In the PCB, is there a command to move components to a specific x,y > location?
No. (This is one of my favorite feature requests) > ** After starting on the PCB, I have to make a change to the schematics, > is there a way to update the pcb file? Without affecting placement or > All routing? Yes. 1) Save the current state of the layout in pcb. 2) call gsch2pcb with the changed schematic 3) If you changed connections, an updated netlist will be produced. If you changed the value of components, they will be updated in the pcb file. If you removed some components, they will be deleted in the pcb file. If you added some components, a file $NAME_new.pcb will be produced. This file contains all the footprints of the added components. 4) In pcb do a) File - Revert (if the changes affected the layout) b) File - Load_layout_data_to_paste_buffer (to put the new footprints somewhere on the layout with the buffer-tool) c) File - Load_netlist_file (if connections were changed) The tool xgsch2pcb reduces these steps to a single mouse click. ---<(kaimartin>)--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user