2009/11/27 Torsten Wagner <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > I just had to change some footprints for a nearly finished pcb (some > parts was tricky to order from resellers in small quantities). > I used gattrib which allowed me to change the footprints very easily. > After running gsch2pcb, I noticed that all old footprints was removed > from the pcb and I had to load the new footprints into the pcb. > However, the came as a single big bloob and it took me a lot of time > to rearrange them to the nearly old positions. > > I am just wondering whether there is a method to replace old > footprints without loosing the previous position. E.g., if you change > a SMD part from 0402 to 0603 it is often the case, that there is > enough space on the PCB and the bigger pads only need slightly > modifications of the routing. Thus, it would be nice if the footprints > just get replaced but position and orientation should be kept.
did you see this? http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_update_a_footprint_in_my_layout Cheers Gareth _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
