Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-17 Thread ST de Feber
gt; To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; geda-user@moria.seul.org Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2007 5:56:32 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint > the ./pcbtest.sh script started pcb. You don't need that any more, just run ./pcb now. > Unfortunatly pcb crashed again tryi

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-15 Thread DJ Delorie
> the ./pcbtest.sh script started pcb. You don't need that any more, just run ./pcb now. > Unfortunatly pcb crashed again trying to replace a component using the > shift-left-mouse-click ! Ok, now we can move forward... Try the gdb thing again. $ gdb pcb gdb> run myboard.pcb ... (crashes) gd

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-15 Thread ST de Feber
Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: geda-user@moria.seul.org Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2007 2:42:08 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint > Should i get everything and recompile or replace parts of the code > and then recompile? Get the whol

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-15 Thread DJ Delorie
> Should i get everything and recompile or replace parts of the code > and then recompile? Get the whole pcb module and build it. You can run the "pcb" executable directly from src/pcb, you don't have to install anything to test it. ___ geda-user mai

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-15 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 11:01 +, ST de Feber wrote: > > I found on your website a description on howto get the CVS code ! > Should i get everything and recompile or replace parts of the code and > then recompile? I think the suggestion was to grab everything (the PCB sources anyway), and compi

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-15 Thread ST de Feber
ay, 13 August, 2007 7:14:33 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint >>1. lesstif or gtk? [ST : GTK. I am running slackware 10.2 >>2. Could you try cvs to see if it's fixed? [ST : i am not fimilar with CVS. Is there a help on howto retrieve new code ? >&

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-13 Thread ST de Feber
/usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #30 0x080cb9b9 in ghid_do_export (options=0x0) at hid/gtk/gui-top-window.c:3850 #31 0x0808fd95 in main (argc=2, argv=0xb5d4) at main.c:992 - Original Message From: DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: geda-user@moria.seul.org Sent: Monday, 13 Augus

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-13 Thread DJ Delorie
> When i try to update elements with the shift-left-mouse-click my PCB > program crashes. 1. lesstif or gtk? 2. Could you try cvs to see if it's fixed? 3. Could you run pcb under gdb, and type "where" when it crashes? Otherwise, this works for me.

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-08-13 Thread Simon_T
When i try to update elements with the shift-left-mouse-click my PCB program crashes. I have a 20070208 version. Any one ? grtz Simon DJ Delorie wrote: > > >> I finished a layout, but decided that I really should change one of my >> footprints. Is there a way to update my .pcb for all upd

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-11 Thread David Rowe
> Thanks again to David for making this tool available in the first place. You are very welcome Joe. There is a page on this tool here: http://www.rowetel.com/perl4pcb.html Joe - pls contact me off list, lets finish off those mods to this tool that u submitted. - David > > Joe T > > > > >_

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-10 Thread joeft
Ostheller, Joel A. wrote: I finished a layout, but decided that I really should change one of my footprints. Is there a way to update my .pcb for all updated footprints without having to redo placement and hand routing? // A while back David Rowe posted a perl script to this list to autom

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> Ahhh... So if I move the mark then I am in a guessing game =) great Yup, but it's not that hard to line them up manually. It's a lot harder if you have to delete the old element first, because you no longer have a reference. Plus, the shift-click feature copies the refdes, value, and descript

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> I am still having difficulty with the Shift-click technique for part > replacement. I am running PCB 20060822. Too old. I added that in September. > I do not have an Info->Library dialog box, but I do have a > Window->Library Dialog box. Same thing, different GUI. > Thus the old "foobar" no

RE: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread Ostheller, Joel A.
Subject: Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint > > > > Do you position it to exact grid snap position, or less precise? > > I keep a standard grid on when placing parts, so I can replace them > accurately. > > But you end up positioning the crosshairs on

RE: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread Ostheller, Joel A.
ew footprint over the old footprint. What am I doing wrong? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:geda-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:04 PM > To: geda-user@moria.seul.org > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: u

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> Do you position it to exact grid snap position, or less precise? I keep a standard grid on when placing parts, so I can replace them accurately. But you end up positioning the crosshairs on the old element's mark anyway, so it's not that hard to be accurate enough. At least, as long as you do

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread John Griessen
DJ Delorie wrote: Position the new footprint over the old one, and shift-left-mouse-click to replace the old footprint with the new one. Watch out for being 180 degrees off, use 'o' to check the rats nest after each placement, and undo if it appears you placed it backwards. Do you position

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> Can you please explain this shift click technique a little more? You need to be more careful about your spelling. Shift-click is when you hold the shift key while clicking with the left mouse button. Specifically, use the Info->Library dialog box to manually choose the new footprint. The to

RE: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread Ostheller, Joel A.
Can you please explain this shit click technique a little more? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:geda-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:42 PM > To: geda-user@moria.seul.org > Subject: Re: g

Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

2007-01-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> I finished a layout, but decided that I really should change one of my > footprints. Is there a way to update my .pcb for all updated footprints > without having to redo placement and hand routing? Not quite. What you can do is use shift-click to replace a footprint with a new one (rather tha