Re: gEDA-user: PCB Renumber Was/Is Once Again

[Mike Hansen <mehansen10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

   Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking to do!

   > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:23:20 -0400
   > From: dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
   > To: geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB Renumber Was/Is Once Again
   >
   > Mike Hansen wrote:
   > > I brought up this topic a couple of years ago and left it for dead
   at
   > > the time but now have the question again:
   > >
   > > Is there a script that can be performed on a PCB design that will
   > > renumber the components on the board in some spatial order(say
   > > starting at the upper left hand corner of the board)? It's easier
   to
   > > troubleshoot a board when the components are numbered in a
   spatially
   > > logical order. And then once it's renumbered to be able to spit
   out a
   > > Was/Is list so that you can back annotate with gschem?
   > >
   > > Or looking at it from the other direction, can the renumber script
   on
   > > gschem provide a log of the Was/Is component names so that I can
   > > manually update PCB?
   > >
   > > I'm trying not to have to renumber everything by hand.
   > >
   > > Thanks!
   >
   >
   > PCB can renumber its elements spatially.
   >
   > :Renumber()
   >
   > or
   >
   > :Renumber(logfile)
   >
   > it will renumber, and generate a was/is log. Then use
   pcb_backannotate
   > to back annotate that into your gschem schematics. These two bits of
   > functionality were a Halloween trick or treat from 2006. I'll let
   you
   > decide if they're a trick or a treat ;)
   >
   > -Dan
   >
   >
   >
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