Re: gEDA-user: Newbie -- How to properly associate DNI or Do Not Populate to component

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 11:49 -0700, bbruce888 wrote:
> I have searched for quite awhile and I cannot seem to find the answer to this
> seemingly easy question:
> 
> How should I correctly associate a DNI or DNP (Do Not Populate) attribute to
> a component so that the Pick & Place file will know not to include that
> component in the final output BOM?

I'm not sure where you're looking here. You can make a component
invisible to gEDA's netlisting by marking with the "graphical=1"
attribute. This means no trace of it ends up in your PCB board either.

OTOH, if you're just looking for a "NO FIT" type instruction, where I
_do_ want the footprint on the PCB board - just empty, I typically just
add the attribute "value=NO FIT" to that component. The assembly house I
use seem to understand what I mean, and didn't complain that it appeared
in the XY file used for programing the pick'n'place machine.

Best regards,

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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