Re: gEDA-user: SMD's with pcb

[Terry Porter <techman@d2.net.au>]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 21:51:53 -0400
Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@seul.org> wrote:

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> From: Ed Richley <richley@onion-switch.com>
> 
> Hi:
> 
> So, I've been trying to use gschem and pcb to make a board with
> both SMD and through-hole parts. Most of it is going well, but
> I ran into a problem. There's probably a simple answer, but I can't
> find it anywhere. 
> 
> My pcb version is 1.6.3 (the latest sable version, according to the
> pcb page). 
> 
> The problem is that I want to put SMD components on the solder side
> of the board as well as the component side. Since there are no SMD parts
> (I didn't find any resistors or caps) in the library, I made a few
> using the instructions. It all seems to work OK, but the parts only
> come out on the component side. I need to put some parts on the
> solder side, and I can't figure out how to get them there. 
> 
> Can someone give me an idea of how to copy a SMD to the opposite side? 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Ed Richley
> 
> 

From memory (and I havent got a working pcb atm, as ive just installed Gentoo Linux) the "j" key
will swap the part to the solder side.


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