Thanks for the quick reply. I am ok with the PCB duplicating subcircuits. The rename could be easier but emacs is my savior. Would it be reasonable to use a text editor and mark all lines as rbberend?
George Aug 30, 2010 01:18:52 PM, [1]geda-u...@moria.seul.org wrote: >George M. Gallant, Jr. wrote: > >> 1. Is there a tutorial on how to use hierarchy in gschem/pcb? > >Hmm, the tutorial by Bill Wilson covers multiple schematics but the >not hierarchical schematics. And DJs effort seems to be not yet there. >A tutorial dedicated to hierarchical schematics is waiting for someone >to step up and write. >In the meantime, you may look at the gTAG project that comes shipped >with geda in the examples directory. > > >> Just finished a board with 8 identical analog circuits. It >> would have been nice to draw one and let the tools do the >> rest. > >This is easy in the schematics but a little messy in the layout. >For a simple sub circuit you can copy the traces and manually move the >correct components where they belong. Alternatively, you can copy both >tracks and components. Then rename the names of the copied footprints >in an ascii editor according to the way your gsch2pcb munges the refdes. >That's the how I did it the other month for a little 6x circuit. > >Also see >[2] >class="parsedLink" target="_blank">[3]http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#is_there_ a_way_to_do_multiple_instances_of_a_subcircuits > > >> 2. What is the function of "rubberend" in PCB? > >The "rubber band mode" in the settings menu lets you drag on corners. >If the mode is active, all track that end near the place where you drag >will follow. This is also true, if you drag vias, or whole footprints. >If the mode is turned off, track will "rip off". I like to do most >routing with rubber band mode turned on. > >---<)kaimartin(>--- >-- >Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 >Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 >Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover [4]http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de >GPG key: [5] >target="_blank">[6]http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak +kmk&op=get > > > >_______________________________________________ >geda-user mailing list >[7]geda-u...@moria.seul.org >[8] >target="_blank">[9]http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ged a-user > References 1. mailto:geda-user@moria.seul.org 2. http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#is_there_a_way_to_do_multiple_instances_of_a_subcircuits 3. http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#is_there_a_way_to_do_multiple_instances_of_a_subcircuits 4. http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de/ 5. http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get 6. http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get 7. mailto:geda-user@moria.seul.org 8. http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user 9. 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