Hello, if we have two footprint elements on a pcb board, one on the left, one one the right, then we may move the refdes of the left element far to the right, and the refdes of the right element far to the left -- not intended, but by accident. So when populating the board we may exchange the components.
If we click on an element with the mouse, then element and refdes are highlighted, so we see which refdes belongs to which element. Or if we move the refdes, we have a line showing to which refdes it belongs. This is fine. But how can we check that no refdes are exchanged if the layout is finished? I have to check this for my DSO board with 1000 footprints. I really think all is fine, each refdes is near its footprint. But I should be sure. My current solution would be to click on each element to highlight its refdes. An optional visible line from each refdes to the center of the element would make inspection easier. A smart function may check the distance of the refdes to the center of the element and give warnings if one refdes is very far away or if an refdes of an other element is much closer. Best regards Stefan Salewski _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
