Re: gEDA-user: gschem2pcb Issues

[Xtian Xultz <xultz@projetos.etc.br>]

I never use the footpront option, I use gnetlist -g PCB, and in Pcb I put
the parts, load the netlist (without footprints inside) and work on the 
rats nest...


On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 07:14:39 +0200 (CEST)
Marc Reibel <marc@reibel-web.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 radiowdvl@hushmail.com wrote:
> 
> > I don't know if I've done something wrong, but I created a fairly extensive
> > schematic in gschem, having all components named (U1, R23, etc.) and all with
> > a legal footprint as described in gnetlist's README.pcb file.
> > The problem is that when I run gschem2pcb I get all kinds of errors, all of
> > which are variations of the theme:
> > "Error: the footprint X for the device Y does not exist"
> > The footprints X include such favorites as D, DW, RADIAL_CAN, CONNECTOR, and LED...
> > Basically, is there something else that has to be done in order to get gschem2pcb
> > to work, or did I install something incorrectly?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've had the same problem and solved it by choosing only
> footprints existing in the pcb-m4-directory. Then it worked
> fine.
> 
> Marc
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