You might want to have connectors for wires/cables between those boards.
So if the schematics show connectors instead of connections you might get what you want. Even if you won't populate connectors, you can still put some headers where you'll solder the wires. Cat > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 05:22:47 +0000 > Subject: [kicad-users] 3 PCBs, 1 design > > Hi, > > Still new to KiCAD. > > I hope there's a simple solution to my rather simple problem, since it must > be very common. I haven't been able to find one in the docs or by poking at > KiCAD. Can someone help? > > I have a design that will have three PCBs within a lot of other hand wiring, > such as switches, panel connectors, a power module, and so on. I've created a > hierarchical schematic that leads to each eventual PCB as a separate > schematic sheet. I want to convert each of these three schematics to PCBs, > one-by-one. KiCAD, however, seems to think that I want a PCB of the entire > mess, not just the single sheet schematic. It compains that component numbers > haven't been assigned to the higher items in the hierarchy (they haven't). > > So far, all I've figured out is to copy the schematic to another file and > make a PCB from it. While this works, it's sloppy and automatic > back-annotation seems impossble. > > Is there any way to force KiCAD to make a PCB of a single schematic sheet, > even when buried within a larger hierarchical design? > > Thanks, > Jim > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >
