It does.. on the first board ERC gave me 14 errors or so. As I said finger trouble. You should have seen the mess I got into at first.
Save button after the schematic, AND after the cvtPCB that's what saves the relationship between the eeschema libs and the footprints. Andy On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:02:42 -0000 "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > DOH ! > It seems i was an idiot after all. > I thought if a component wasn't connected erc gave you an error? > Ah yes I have a bad habit of not clicking the save button after > modifying a schematic. > Thanks. > > > --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > > NBothing more than finger trouble. > > In the ten-step file, you have not connected many of the components. This > > is a little failing of the system, in that when you click with the mouse, > > it often jumps to the nearest grid square. You have to keep your eye on > > the cursor. > > > > The other problem and this is the main one., is that you did not seem to > > allocate any footprints to a lot of the components. Perhaps you did mut > > somehow did not save them. > > > > I've emailed you the files ten-step files back. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:20:09 -0700 > > rocko <sunblast...@...> wrote: > > > > > Ok Andy thanks, here are the schematic and net list files. > > > > > > On Sat, 2009-07-04 at 21:55 +0100, Andy Eskelson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The 78xx and the LED work fine, I've used them myself many times. > > > > The 4th pad on the 78xx is under the tab, and is not actually used, > > > > it's > > > > there to prevent tracks being routed near to where you would bolt the > > > > regulator down. (I have deleted this pad o some of my ccts) > > > > > > > > If you want, send me your files and I'll see if I can spot what you > > > > are > > > > doing wrong. It will be simple, but as always it takes a little > > > > practise > > > > to get the hang of thins. > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:40:23 -0000 > > > > "acidb...@..." <sunblast...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > There is only one LED in eeschema and only one LED(LEDV), in CVpcb > > > > > and yet they don't match, no wires in Pcbnew, however the pins seem > > > > to match as far as i can tell. > > > > > > > > > > As for the LM7805, none of the LM78xx or LM79xx footprints > > > > match,again no wires in pcbnew, i noticed the LM78xx footprints have a > > > > 4th pad for bending the LM7805 and attaching it to the board, but the > > > > schematic does not. > > > > > Hopefully i can just delete the 4th pad and create my own mod file, > > > > fingers crossed. > > > > > > > > > > I've doubled checked my schematic, have no error's in erc. > > > > > I like KICAD I think it's the best open source PCB design software, > > > > > way better than eagle, but this thing with the footprints is really > > > > > frustrating, it needs to be addressed in future releases. > > > > > > > > > > As suggested I've check the PDF files for footprint docs, which are > > > > helpful, but when there is only one footprint (LEDV) for a schematic > > > > > symbol it should match. > > > > > > > > > > Unless of course I'm a complete idiot. > > > > > Any help with the LM78xx and LED would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
