Eeli
Thanks for the explanation. I suspect it will need a re-think - or at
least some modification.
I am almost finished the "to do" list for geographic re-annotation. One
thing that occurred to me is that the "re-annotate selected" would be
very useful for duplicating design elements. For example, lets say we
have 4 output amplifiers with connectors etc.. We can route one then
copy and paste the other 3, then re-annotate them to correspond to the
schematic. After all, we have nifty new "back annotation" functions!
Except back-annotation breaks when the /path field is duplicated.
I don't know enough to propose a fix but I can imagine users will have
problems (and generate bug reports) when they do copy and paste inside
PCBNew.
I think optionally removing the path might be a good idea - or, simply
removing it from duplicated/pasted footprints. Of course I am probably
missing something.
Brian
On 2020-02-15 6:07 p.m., Eeli Kaikkonen wrote:
It's the symbol ID from the schematic. This defines the connection
between the symbol in the schematic file and the footprint in the
layout file.
Indeed I have intended to ask about copying this in pcbnew. There's no
way to change (remove) it in pcbnew. Once a footprint is pasted or
duplicated it's bind to the same symbol as it's originator footprint.
As far as I can see there's one use case for this when copying from
the same board: having several alternative physical components for one
functional component (symbol). But this isn't obvious nor is it clean IMO.
It's probably useful if the corresponding components are copied from
another project to both eeschema and pcbnew. But inside one project
this may be more confusing than useful. Maybe it should be handled
like copying/pasting symbols and reference designators is handled now
in 5.99: with Paste Special options, trying to find the best
alternative for the default paste.
And/or there should be a way to reset this field. The footprints added
by the "Add a footprint" function don't have "path".
On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 12:30 AM Brian Piccioni
<br...@documenteddesigns.com <mailto:br...@documenteddesigns.com>> wrote:
Hello
In the "Kicad File Formats" PDF (and in KicadPCB files) there is
(path /5127A011) where the number after the slash usually
changes. I don't see any where this field is described in the
documentation.
It seems that if I copy and past a symbol in PCBNew the "(path /"
field is duplicated so I end up with two components with the same
"(path /" causes, for example "Error: Pcb footprints R100 and R8
linked to same symbol" error on back annotation.
This, in turn, causes problems with geographic reannotation.
So, can somebody explain what (path / is?
Thanks
Brian Piccioni
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