At 12:28 PM 10/5/2002 -0700, Dennis Saputelli wrote: >the comment field is not exposed in the PCB lib editor, but of course it >is in the PCB editor
I very much doubt that the "comment" field exists in the PCB library. It is meaningless there, just as the reference designator is meaningless there. I think you can add .refdes and .comment strings to a PCB part, as I recall, and they will pick up and display the refdes and comment fields of the component record. Note that the refdes and comment contents are not really part of the *footprint* but they come from the PCB file. >it seemed to me that the data area must be reserved in the PCB lib part >so i tried to save as ascii to examine it >and was surprised that that function was not available No, there is no data area, I'm pretty sure. When a footprint is added to a PCB file as a component, the footprint primitives are placed in a separate area of the file from the component information, the latter is in Component records. A unique number is assignd to each Component, and then that number is stuffed into the "component" field of each primitive. When you edit a comment field in a PCB component, and then create a library from the PCB file, comment information is not transferred to the library, just as reference designator information is not transferred. While I haven't looked at the binary to be sure, I'd be astonished if it was any different.... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
