On Sep 23, 2009, at 6:36 PM, 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!
from an engineers prospective, this renumbering hurts engineering troubleshooting before product release when you have multiple development releases. But is a boon after the fact on a production run, for service issues, MAKE SURE that the boards have VERY clear revision numbers in copper if posable too :-) I have had people reworking boards replace the wrong component because of a revision mistranslation. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
