Re: gEDA-user: Hi.... first post

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

geda and pcb don't care if the pinnumbers are numbers or strings. As
long as they are the same. 

>From a preference point of view I like the pin numbers to match the
component data sheet.

Steve Meier

On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 11:35 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > Change the pin names to numbers in the schematic symbol files. Then
> > the footprint pin numbers will map to schematic symbol pin numbers.
> 
> Yeah, like John pointed out this is a problem with the symbol 
> ${geda install dir}/share/gEDA/sym/analog/npn-2.sym.  It uses B, C,
> and E as the pin numbers.  The pinnumber needs to be a number, and
> the numbers should correspond to the numbers on the footprint you want
> to use.
> 
> Do this:
> 
> 1.  Figure out how your preferred footprint is numbered.
> 
> 2.  Copy npn-2.sym into a local symbol directory under your project
> directory.  Call it symbols/
> 
> 3.  Edit your local gafrc file to include the line
> 
> (component-library "./symbols")
> 
> 4.  Edit the copy of npn-2.sym in ./symbols.  Number each pin to
> correspond to your footprint's numbering scheme.
> 
> 5.  Nuke your old netlist.
> 
> 6.  Re-run gsch2pcb, and then re-read teh netlist into PCB.
> 
> 7.  Please file a bug report at the gEDA Bugzilla site about this
> symbol.
> 
> FWIW, I did a shortened version of the above, and was able to get rats
> attached to the TO-92s after I changed the transistor's pinnumber
> attributes to numbers.
> 
> You can read more about handling local gafrc configuration here:
> 
> http://www.geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem#how_do_i_configure_my_local_gafrc_to_find_my_local_symbol_directory
> 
> Stuart
> 
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