Sorry about the multiple posts. The mailserver was dooing silly things and timing out, but it seemed to be sending the messages anyway.
Andy On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:54:14 +0100 Andy Eskelson <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I see the problem. > > Pins 4 and 11 are names as V+ and V- however there are NO power pins of > that name in the power lib. Try changing the pin names to VCC etc as a > test, if that works then you either need to use one of the defined power > pins or creat V+ and V- as such. > > Andy > > > > On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:29:57 -0700 > Joerg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Andy Eskelson wrote: > > > Edit the power pins to be "No Draw" (bottom left hand corner of the pin > > > properties box) > > > > > > You can then connect the power by using the power symbols. > > > > > > If you want to see the pins you can click on show invisible pins > > > > > > Look at how the 7400 is done as an example. > > > > > > > Thanks, Andy, but it does not help. It then shows ugly stubs on all the > > units and it still messes up the annotation, meaning the power > > connections are ripped open and the A-unit lands somewhere with > > unconnected power. > > > > -- > > Regards, Joerg > > > > http://www.analogconsultants.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:15:47 -0700 > > > Joerg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Hello Folks, > > >> > > >> This could be a bug but not sure: When placing multi-unit components > > >> such as the LM324 opamp the power pins show up on all units. That is > > >> ugly and doesn't look professional. Of course one can generate a new > > >> component with power only at U?A but not on U?B and so on, using the > > >> "Edit pins part by part" button in the library editor. Then connect > > >> power to that in the schematic (only to U?A). So far so good. Then comes > > >> the problem: > > >> > > >> Click on annotation to assign designators or to clean them up and ... > > >> poof ... Kicad assigns them without regard to where power is connected. > > >> Where U2A was in the schematic there could now be U3C. Suddenly you have > > >> empty power connections and also A-units with their power pins floating > > >> in the air. > > >> > > >> Is this a bug or is there a trick to avoid that? > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Regards, Joerg > > >> > > >> http://www.analogconsultants.com/ > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > > question. > > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > > Kicad. > > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > > Links > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
