RE: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint

["Ostheller, Joel A. " <JOEL.A.OSTHELLER@xxxxxxxx>]

DJ - Thank you for all the help you have been today; I have learned a
lot about geda. 

I am still having difficulty with the Shift-click technique for part
replacement. I am running PCB 20060822. I do not have an Info->Library
dialog box, but I do have a Window->Library Dialog box. When I
origionally made this PCB, I had created a footprint called "foobar". I
have recently gone back and update "foobar" with a more accurate
footprint (bigger pads, more ground vias). Thus the old "foobar" no
longer exists except in my PCB design. I am trying to replace that old
footprint with the new one that exists. 

When I select this newlib footprint "foobar" from the Window->Library I
can manually place it anywhere with a left mouse click. If I hold down
the shift key and left mouse click on the old "foobar" footprint, then
it just puts a new footprint over the old footprint.

What am I doing wrong? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geda-user-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:04 PM
> To: geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: updating layout with new footprint
> 
> 
> > Can you please explain this shift click technique a little more?
> 
> You need to be more careful about your spelling.
> 
> Shift-click is when you hold the shift key while clicking with the
> left mouse button.
> 
> Specifically, use the Info->Library dialog box to manually choose the
> new footprint.  The tool becomes the buffer-paste tool, with the new
> footprint preloaded.  Rotate it if needed with Buffer->Rotate Buffer.
> Position the new footprint over the old one, and
> shift-left-mouse-click to replace the old footprint with the new one.
> Watch out for being 180 degrees off, use 'o' to check the rats nest
> after each placement, and undo if it appears you placed it backwards.
> 
> Note that this is the same technique used to manually place parts,
> except the shift key causes it to replace the footprint instead of
> placing a new one.
> 
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