Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-18 Thread Steve Meier
I am happy that doc is still useful. Best Wishes to All here at geda, Steve M. On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 08:44 -0500, kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Colin D Bennett wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:35:46 -0500 (CDT) > > kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: > > > >> I am sure this has

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-17 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Default ksymbols look like a good idea to me. So good, that I comitted > a feature request at launchpad: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/828388 > s/ksymbols/footprints/ ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-17 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Stephen Ecob wrote: > PCB doesn't "throw away" - but it doesn't have a visible placeholder > for missing footprints. Default ksymbols look like a good idea to me. So good, that I comitted a feature request at launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/828388 ---<)kaimartin(>--- --

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-17 Thread Stephen Ecob
> But when I import a schematic into pcb it "seems" to throw away anything > that has an unknown footprint > Is this just the way pcb works or am I missing something PCB doesn't "throw away" - but it doesn't have a visible placeholder for missing footprints. It helps to have the "Message Log" wind

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-17 Thread kqt4at5v
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011, Colin D Bennett wrote: On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:35:46 -0500 (CDT) kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: I am sure this has been done to death but I have to ask I am a beginner and the way I am using gschem and pcb is quite awkward I open my schematic in gschem and open pcb Then when I

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread Larry Doolittle
Friends - On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:43:50AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Colin D Bennett wrote: > > For instance, here > > are some footprint file names from my library: > > > > Abracon_ABM8G.fp > > ADAM_TECH_2PH_2.00_mm_pin_header_SMT_2_pin.fp > > ADAM_TECH_2PH_2.00_mm_pin_header_SMT_3_pin.

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Colin D Bennett wrote: > For instance, here > are some footprint file names from my library: > > Abracon_ABM8G.fp > ADAM_TECH_2PH_2.00_mm_pin_header_SMT_2_pin.fp > ADAM_TECH_2PH_2.00_mm_pin_header_SMT_3_pin.fp > ADAM_TECH_2PH_2.00_mm_pin_header_SMT_4_pin.fp > Antenna_Inverted_F__Ember__2.4GHz__62

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: > I am a beginner and the way I am using gschem and pcb is quite awkward > I open my schematic in gschem and open pcb > Then when I add a component in gschem I switch to pcb to search for a > footprint > When I find the proper footprint in pcb I switch back to gschem a

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:35:46 -0500 (CDT) kqt4a...@comcast.net wrote: > I am sure this has been done to death but I have to ask > I am a beginner and the way I am using gschem and pcb is quite awkward > I open my schematic in gschem and open pcb > Then when I add a component in gschem I switch to p

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread Stephen Ecob
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:35 AM, wrote: > I am sure this has been done to death but I have to ask > I am a beginner and the way I am using gschem and pcb is quite awkward > I open my schematic in gschem and open pcb > Then when I add a component in gschem I switch to pcb to search for a > footpri

gEDA-user: Gschem and footprints

2011-08-16 Thread kqt4at5v
I am sure this has been done to death but I have to ask I am a beginner and the way I am using gschem and pcb is quite awkward I open my schematic in gschem and open pcb Then when I add a component in gschem I switch to pcb to search for a footprint When I find the proper footprint in pcb I switch