Hi all, I would say, pin swapping is just will be an another tool (you probably need some specific piece of GUI for that). The reason I want back-annotation is to have proper geometrical (geographical) re-annotation. We have contractor who ask if possible renumber passive components in geometrical order, otherwise assembly man will get mad when try to solder that by hand.
On Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 01:17, Vesa Solonen <vesa.solo...@aalto.fi> wrote: > > Andy Peters kirjoitti 1.12.2019 klo 21.45: > > > Anyway, it’s a lot easier to update the schematic with the new part and > > then forward-annotate, and this keeps both schematic and layout in sync. > > Assuming there is the schematic to start with. Sometimes it happens that > there is just PCB data and one has to go backwards. Commercially that > rarely makes sense and one may buy pretty extensive reverse engineering > service form dedicated operators. > > > Pin-swapping and gate-swapping are much more important. The pin swapping > > makes for an interesting problem, which is making sure the resulting > > schematic isn’t a mess. Most likely an informal (or required) “rule” would > > be that you draw a net from each pin that can be swapped and you give them > > net labels, but you don’t draw that net to any other pin. > > Yes. This is exactly why I see value in a completely bilateral system. > Drawing a schematic would benefit just as much autorouter as well as > rubberbanding. > > > Thanks to everyone involved in adding the back-annotation feature! > > Indeed! > > -Vesa > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
