Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Stefan Salewski writes: > What I wanted to say was: "Move to current Layer" makes not much sense > for footprints, because we can have inner layers, it does make sense, sometimes ... > but we can not move footprints to that layers. ... pity -- Stephan _

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Armin Faltl
Looking at your screen shot I'd say that J2 is on the solder side (so it's greyed), while J1 and the brown traces are on component side - that's why the trace does not connect to J2 while it appears to overlap. The rat line on the overlapping pin is not a dot, probably because it connects to the f

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 17.10.2010 um 17:44 schrieb Stefan Salewski: solder x GND-solder x VCC-solder x comonent x GND-component x Vcc-component x unused unused (bottom) x (top) x I set up layers stack when I start a new layout, but I think it will work if you change

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread gene glick
kai-martin knaak wrote: Markus Hitter wrote: http://github.com/Traumflug/Generation_7_Electronics Somehow your layer stack got whacky. None of the actual layers are on the "solder_side" or on the "component_side". These sides denote the top copper layer and the bottom copper layer. Pins ar

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 18:31 +0200, Karl Hammar wrote: > Stefan Salewski: > > On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:35 +0200, Karl Hammar wrote: > > > There is also under "Edit->Move to current Layer M", but I haven't > > > been able to move a footprint to the solder layer with that. > > Of course you can not

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Karl Hammar
Stefan Salewski: > On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:35 +0200, Karl Hammar wrote: > > There is also under "Edit->Move to current Layer M", but I haven't > > been able to move a footprint to the solder layer with that. > Of course you can not move it to inner layers, so Move to current Layer > makes not mu

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread kai-martin knaak
Markus Hitter wrote: > http://github.com/Traumflug/Generation_7_Electronics Somehow your layer stack got whacky. None of the actual layers are on the "solder_side" or on the "component_side". These sides denote the top copper layer and the bottom copper layer. Pins are ok with this. But SMD-P

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 17:20 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote: > My initial guess: Your traces are not in the top and bottom groups, so Use the layers dialog, and make it similar as tut1.pcb for two layer layout. solder x GND-solder x VCC-solder x comonent x GND-component

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 16:54 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: > Am 17.10.2010 um 16:25 schrieb gene glick: > > > If you are willing, send the .pcb file over. I can take a closer > > look. > > That would be greatly appreciated! Schematics and the board with the > 2-pin jumpers are on Github, it's t

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 17.10.2010 um 16:25 schrieb gene glick: If you are willing, send the .pcb file over. I can take a closer look. That would be greatly appreciated! Schematics and the board with the 2-pin jumpers are on Github, it's the Gen7Board.xxx: http://github.com/Traumflug/Generation_7_Electronic

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 17.10.2010 um 16:17 schrieb gene glick: ElementLine [ ... is that a typo? It's an intentional cut to keep the message short. There are further ElementLines. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://ww

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 16:20 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: > > The problem is, an overlap between a pad and a track isn't recognized > as a connection. That would make sense if your dark red traces are on an inner layer. As gene glick wrote, you may send a board for investigation.

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread gene glick
If you are willing, send the .pcb file over. I can take a closer look. gene ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Markus Hitter
Am 17.10.2010 um 15:47 schrieb Stefan Salewski: On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 14:50 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: Hello all, yesterday I tried to replace a number of 2-pin jumpers (footprint JUMPER2) with solder jumpers. Of course, this should work fine, it does for me. gsch2pcb removes the old footp

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread gene glick
ElementLine [ ... is that a typo? The line is incomplete. I deleted, and then loaded the part onto a layout, which worked out. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ged

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread gene glick
Markus Hitter wrote: Instead I even get DRC errors stating the track and the pad are too close *sigh* Maybe your design rules are prohibiting making the connection? You could try disabling the "auto enforce drc clearance" - look under the "settings" menu selections. If that works out, you

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:47 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote: > For replacing footprints there is a special mode which allows you to > replace single footprints -- sorry can not remember currently. > It is "Load element data to paste buffer", and now SHIFT LEFT MOUSE CLICK over old elements. That wi

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 15:35 +0200, Karl Hammar wrote: > There is also under "Edit->Move to current Layer M", but I haven't > been able to move a footprint to the solder layer with that. > Of course you can not move it to inner layers, so Move to current Layer makes not much sense. Hoover mous

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Sun, 2010-10-17 at 14:50 +0200, Markus Hitter wrote: > Hello all, > > yesterday I tried to replace a number of 2-pin jumpers (footprint > JUMPER2) with solder jumpers. Of course, this should work fine, it does for me. gsch2pcb removes the old footprints, but for my 2009 snapshot it has not put

Re: gEDA-user: How to connect pads to anything?

2010-10-17 Thread Karl Hammar
Markus Hitter: ... > Whatever I try, pads can't be connected to anything. Not on > the solder side, not on the top side, not to vias. The footprint pads might be on the "component" side. > What's the secret? > > The most simple footprint I tried looks that: > > Element["" "Solder Jumper