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Re: gEDA-user: gsch2pcb can't find pcb installation directory
On 10/27/06, devrin talen <jackfrost13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
John,
On 10/27/06, John Griessen <john_g@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > R101: can't find PCB element for footprint R025 (value=10K)
> > So device R101 will not be in the layout.
> [jg]For these, put some lines in your project file such as:
>
> elements-dir
/home/john/EEProjects/now/circuitboards/footprints_pcb
> elements-dir /opt/pcb/share/pcb/newlib
>
> The first line is my local element file based footprints, the second is
the
> system file based footprints.
I think my problem might be that I can't seem to find where my system
directory for the footprints is. Is this because I built it using fink? I
would imagine not, but I've searched a lot of places for a pcb/ folder and I
can't find one. Are the footprints something that I can just download and
put in a folder somewhere?
I did not see a tarball containing all of the footprints on gedasymbols.org but
you could download individual symbols to get started.
If you want to try my footprints to do the following:
1. make a directory named footprints in your home directory
2. Download the file
http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-symbols-jcl_2006-9-29.tgz
to the footprints directory
3. tar zxf pcb-symbols-jcl_2006-9-29.tgz
4. For each component in your schematic to the following
a. Browse the footprints at
http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html to find a
footprint you like.
b. Add a footprint attribute to the schematic symbol
5. After you have saved your schematic you can create a PCB
layout with the command ---
gsch2pcb --elements-dir ~/footprints SCHEMATIC_NAME
NB: Before using any footprint on your board you should verify that
the footprint
matches the manufacturer's component specification and meets your
process requirements.
And is the problem with this:
> /usr/bin/gm4: /sw/share/pcb/m4/common.m4: No such file or directory
going to stop gsh2pcb from working, or is it not a problem?
If m4 cannot find the file common.m4 you will probably have a difficult time
finding other m4 files (and generating other footprints).
(* jcl *)
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