On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:21:29 +0100 Kai-Martin Knaak <kn...@iqo.uni-hannover.de> wrote:
> Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > The orthogonality > > of these three pieces (schematic, footprint mapping, and PCB > > layout) is pleasing to me, but I have to admit that you would > > rarely find a need to create different PCBs from the exact same > > schematic. > > ack. Up to now, I _never_ had this situation in real projects. Some > aspect of the schematic beyond footprints and packages always needs > to be changed. On the other hand: Almost all projects need debugging > and/or service. For this task, footprints printed on the schematic > help to locate the part in the layout. > > > Still, by > > separating the footprint mapping entirely from schematic capture, > > you can stay focused on one task at a time. > > If this is your preferred way to work, you can already do it, even > with heavy symbols: Just ignore the footprint attribute while placing > symbols. Use gattrib, a text editor or a script to replace dummy > values of the footprints in a separate step. > The mere fact that the footprint information is contained in the > schematic does not imply, you have to set it during schematic capture. Thanks; these are both excellent points. Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user