Re: gEDA-user: Forward annotation too complicated

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IIRC, the commercial packages I've used (PADS, Cadence/Allegro) automatically do (1) and (2) when a component is replaced.  That worked pretty well, though they sometimes ripped up more trace than I'd have preferred (i.e. all the way to the next component). 

 

--DLM

 

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> What I usually do is (1) remove the traces that connect to the
> oriiginal component,
> (2) place the new component and (3) add nets to the new component pads.
> It is easier to remove traces without a component in place.
>
> (* jcl *)
>
>
> On 11/7/05, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 08:05:24AM -0500, John Luciani wrote:
> > > > 2) Presses forward annotate button, which saves the schematic, runs
> > > > gsch2pcb, loads netlist into the PCB file and replaces changed
> > > > components in the place they are / puts newly added components to upper
> > > > left corner
> > >
> > > You may not want to change the components in place. If you change to a
> > > larger package
> > > or a package with different pin spacing it could take you more time to
> > > cleanup the
> > > mess than it would to place the new component.
> >
> > If you place the new component you still have to clean up the mess.
> >
> > CL<
> > >
> > > (* jcl *)
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.luciani.org
> >
>
>
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