Hi yeshe, Well, all I can say about the size change is that it is an expected behavior. You will have to decide for yourself if it is better for you to change symbols back and just create new ones from now on (Maybe archive all previous projects together with old libraries and start anew?)
I am however, interested in the auto placement application that you are talking about. I realize it is just a tool to have the component spread out BEFORE you manually start to place them but in my opinion that is gold. No matter how bad the GUI is. Please share! Cristian --- On Wed, 5/20/09, yeshe66 <[email protected]> wrote: From: yeshe66 <[email protected]> Subject: [kicad-users] Changing size of a part in library changes the part in all my schemas! To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 1:16 AM I decided that "R" and "C" was too large and used libedit to make them smaller. I have done some projects before and when I opened them in eeschema the schemas had changed! The components was replaced by the new ones - and because the pins had moved they was all disconnected from the wires. That means that all my old projects are destroyed! (well, I suppose files, are still unchanged - but I can't make a change without manually reconnecting all the parts) I have also made new/different shapes on some other components too like IC's and transistors. Is there a way to have other sizes on the components in new projects but keep the old ones in already made projects? To have "local" libraries for my projects? Or what's the best solution in this case? Is there a rule that one should #never change existing parts in library# - only make new ones, so it will comply to old projects? Another thing: When I start making a new board in pcbnew and import the netlist all the modules piles up on one spot and I have to sort them out manually... I've made a Java-program that uses the .sch file to change the .brd file such that the components will be placed out according to the position in eeschema - that makes the start much easier. Unfortunately I'm a beginner in Java programming and my GUI is not good or user friendly - none of you would accept it, otherwise I could have released the code here. Is there another way to automatically place modules in pcbnew? ------------------------------------ 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
