Re: gEDA-user: pcb question : same structure several times on board

[Stephen Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have placed components, added traces and polygons and copied them as a 
block into a buffer where they can be replicated on the board several 
times. I also turn off the requirement for unique reference designators 
and then renumber the components manually.

Steve Meier


Dan McMahill wrote:

> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:40:17PM -0400, 9000 VAX wrote:
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> > > For pcb, here's a big reason I'd like to see hierarchy support.  Suppose
> > > you have a something like a combline filter.  The layout is now truely
> > > a critical part of the circuit.  It would be nice to lay that out as a
> > > subcircuit and be able to move the filter as a block around.
> > >      
> > How about drawing a footprint of that block and treating it like a
> > single package.
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> thats the basic idea except currently a footprint (element) only has
> pads, pins, and silk.  You  really want to also have traces, polygons,
> vias, and optionally a keepout.  I don't think this should be hard,
> its just a matter of carving out time.  Also, there is the question of 
> the best way to handle the connection scanning.  
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> -Dan
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