Re: gEDA-user: a couple of dumb new user questions

[Stephen Meier <smeier@AlchemyResearch.com>]

Steve,

Look in the parts libraries and you will find symbols that are for 
various size pages that have outlines, and information blocks.

I often use title-bordered-A3.sym for a standard 8" x 11" sheet.

Use a net to connect two pins from two symbols. On the tool bar the net 
tool may be selected by left clicking on the button that has 3 blue 
lines with red dots on right side. Left Click on the red dot on a pin 
conecceted to one symbol then go horizontal or vertical and left click 
when you want to turn a corner. When you reach the red dot on the second 
pin left click again. Right clicking will end a net.

Steve Meier



R. Steven Rainwater wrote:

> Yikes! Two more dumb questions:
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> 1. When I look at the example schematics they have nice boxes around
> them with the schematic name and author down in the lower right corner.
> When I create my own schematic it doesn't have that. I can't find any
> sort option on the save dialog to create it. Am I missing something?
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> 2. This is the first schematic capture program I've used, so this may be
> a really dumb question (I did read the manual but it seemed more like a
> description of the menu items rather than a "how to use the program to
> make a schematic" sort of thing). When I place two components on page,
> say two capicitors, is it enough to place them so that the leads overlap
> or do I need to do something special to tell the program that they are
> connected to each other? Do I need to place them farther apart and
> connect them with a "net" or "bus"?
>
> -Steve
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