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Re: gEDA-user: latest PCB w/gsch2pcb deletes parts?

Matt Ettus wrote: 
I recently upgraded to the latest PCB CVS.  Now when I run gsch2pcb on
an already existing pcb file many of my components get deleted.  Also
new 0603 caps no longer have silkscreen around them.  Is it possible
that changes to PCB caused this?  I didn't change gsch2pcb.

Thanks,
Matt


Yes, latest pcb from cvs does not have silk around the 0603 footprint. IPC-7351 seems to indicate no room for silk on 0603. The newer 0603 (or preferably the IPC-7351 compliant names for 0603 -- CAPC1608N for example) in the ~geda library should be much better from a soldering point of view too. The previous one was no good.

I am not sure why many components got deleted though. I haven't run gsch2pcb enough on an existing design to have seen this. Which version of gsch2pcb? I wonder if this is the (unfortunately too common) gsch2pcb doesn't understand the latest pcb file format thing again.

-Dan