Ahh I miss-understood It is possible but it is a bit awkward and you will need to practise to get the hang of it.
First forget about net names and such like, that will sort itself out. Start by laying out one of the subsections with the tracks. When done select the general pointer tool and draw a selection box around the tracks you have created. Move the box to a spare area of board, and then right click and select copy. From the requester select tracks and if any zones. Do not select modules etc. On OK the tracks will be copied. The next stage is the tricky one, draw a box around the tracks you have just moved and then move the box to where you want to place the copy. Right click and select copy again, the options should still be as you set them. You could copy directly from the first set of tracks you drew, but I prefer to copy from a "working" area just in case I mess things up. Move the correct modules on top the tracks and you should find that the tracks will pick up the correct net name. You may have to do a clean PCB and enable the connect to pads option, but you should normally find that the tracks will rename themselves to the correct net. The tricky part is identifying a point as a reference so that you place the tracks where you want first time. Andy On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:23:50 -0000 "yeshe66" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I suppose that will work if I make many separate cards with no > interconnection. But in this case I want to connect the repeated pattern to > different tracks on the main board. I don't know how to name the nets or how > to make them connectable. > > The illustrations may help to explain the issue: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/photos/album/1407660911/pic/list > (photos => album:yeshe66 ) > > Cn is actually 12 different tracks - C1 to C12. Similar for Sn and MUXn. GND > is GND and is the same for all twelve modules. And I want to make 12 copies > of "input filter" routing and connect them to the 13-pin connector as well as > the 44 pin IC. > > > --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > > Design it once, then create a new PCB and append the design into it > > as many times as you need. > > File > Append board > > > > Andy > > > > > > On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:56:41 -0000 > > "yeshe66" <yesh...@...> wrote: > > > > > I am going to make a board with 12 identical circuits mounted in a row, > > > then connected to one IC (and in the other end, to a 13-pin terminal > > > block). In eeschema I can use the copy block function and then do the > > > annotation, but in PBCNEW, I have to route all the parts again and again. > > > If I use the copy block function it won't work, because the net names and > > > module names does not fit to the netlist and can't be connected. Is there > > > a way to solve this problem? > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > 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 > > >
