I believe I have found my layout printing problem. My original pad statements for the inductors were: Pad[-20650 0 -20642 0 11000 1200 1500 "" "1" "square"] Pad[20642 0 20650 0 11000 1200 1500 "" "2" "square"] It has been a while since I have created a footprint and I messed up the clearance. Is it possible that I could see the pads on the etch pattern in the pdf document but they didn't print out because the solder mask was covering it? I changed the statements to: Pad[-20642 0 -20650 0 11000 1200 11200 "" "1" "square"] Pad[20642 0 20650 0 11000 1200 11200 "" "2" "square"] I then saved the footprints. Now, following [1]http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_update_a_footprint_ in_my_layout I tried to update the pad and when I optimize rats afterwards the pads turn orange. I have tried it many ways, after loading the footprint in the buffer I hold it over the current footprint and do shift->left-mouse-click, rotating the buffer twice and hold it over the current footprint and do shift->left-mouse-click, delete the current footprint and load the footprint in the buffer and hold it over the current footprint and do shift->left-mouse-click, and delete the current footprint rotate the buffer twice and do shift->left-mouse-click. Now I'm stuck.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Rob Butts <[2][email protected]> wrote: So, I tried printing your pdf file and nothing printed out. I'm printing this in windows and using Adobe Reader 9.3. I went back and printed my conversion of test.fp.pdf and again just 1 square printed. I then downloaded and installed Foxit Reader 4.3 and niether square printed for both your conversion and mine. Maybe I'll try retyping the footprint? On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Peter Clifton <[3][email protected]> wrote: On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 14:46 -0500, Rob Butts wrote: > Peter, > When I printed it out a BIG smile came on my face because as you > probably expected only one square printed. Now I suspect you know what > the problem is. > Am I right? Sadly not, I just removed all but the pads from the ps file. It displays file for me.. Having the minimal test-case will help track the issue down though. What software did you use to print the resulting PDF? If anyone cares to see it pasted directly: 72 72 scale 4.13385 5.84645 translate 90 rotate 1 1 scale % calibration 1e-05 dup neg scale /t { moveto lineto stroke } bind def 11000 setlinewidth 2 setlinecap 2 setlinejoin 6100 19700 6108 19700 t 47392 19700 47400 19700 t showpage Just in case the bug is in ps2pdf, I've attached my conversion (also using ps2pdf) -- 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!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [4][email protected] [5]http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user References 1. http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_update_a_footprint_in_my_layout 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
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