I had somethign very similar to that happen on an IC I created.  What I finally 
had to do was to hand-edit the text file to remove the duplicated parts.  After 
that, I could edit the part to complete the fine touches.

On a side note, are these formats documented anywhere?  I figured out enough to 
hand edit it to get the duplicated parts.

Greg




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From: einazaki668 <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:25:33 AM
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: dismembering relays in eeschema

Pedro (or anyone else),

Here's what I did:
In eeschema, start up the library editor and select
"New Component".

Select the appropriate number of "Parts per Component"
(three in this case because I was doing a DPDT relay).

Draw part A (the coil).  A rectangular box w/ two leads.
The "Common to Units" box is unchecked for all objects.

Draw part B (contact block).  Now here, for some reason,
the two leads from part A have migrated to part B.
(Just the leads, not the rectangle, so I have two pins on
an otherwise blank sheet.)

If I try to clear these leads on part B they are also
cleared on part A.  When I put the three leads on part B
they migrate to part A.  (Note the "Common to Units" box
is still unchecked.)

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?  Am I taking
the wrong approach?  BTW I'm using ver. 20090216-final
on XP.

Thanks,
eric


--- In [email protected], Pedro Martin <pki...@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> Let's say your ralay has 5 pins, and 1 and 2 are the coil.
> Make pins 1 and 2 to be part A. make pins 3,4,5 to be part B.
> 
> When using, the component, you can place part A and part B wherever you need 
> in your design: I have place part A in a sub-sheet and part B in a different 
> sub-sheet. You only need to tell eeschema that both parts belong to the same 
> component by given them the same number.
> 
> regards,
> Pedro.
> 
>




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