On Friday 16 Sep 2005 23:14, Steve Meier wrote: >... you have to use gschem symbols that have the footprint > attribute to a value that also exists in the pcb libraries. Also use > the program gschem2pcb instead of gnetlist to generate the netlist > file.
I might experiment with that. gnetlist did the job for me, albeit that the project manager has too much bit rot to do it automatically. > Gschem and pcb won't automatically build the pcb for you. It won't > idealy place the components and it won't automatically run the > autorouter for you. I don't want them to. I doubt the auto-route is up to the job, auto-place certainly isn't. > Using these tools is still somewhat of an artform. On boards of this complexity manual tracking is quick and enjoyable, -- Richard Urwin
