Hello Andy, hello Jim. > > Another option that I have seen suggested, is that you can open the sub > sheet as a separate project and work on that, but that can cause it's own > issues. (I've never tried this)
Of course. This works very well. I prefer this method, because it is the easiest way to keep an overlook about your doings. But dont forget to copy the subsheets in a new folder and to rename them. It is ugly to have sheets with the same name, but different content. ;-) > A better method and the one that I prefer is to > treat each PCB as it's own design, and then the problems generally go > away. Of course, this will happen, if you reuse the sunsheets in the suggested way. i.e. in a project I will have a PSU circuit, a processor circuit, a > relay driver circuit and so on. Each with their own netlists, PCBnew > files and so on. So the general rule is, if the final result is to be one > PCB, then everything goes into one circuit, using sub sheets as required. > > If the end result is several different PCB's, then each PCB should have > it's own circuit. (Which is what andrew suggests below) Perhaps this stub of a document at the attachment (KiCAD-HierarchischeSchaltplaene+buildingBlocksRevA-EN.pdf) will help you. But it shows the reverse way: making one big schematic from prefabricated sub sheds. Of course, perhaps you will get a feeling about using subschematics in both ways. ;-) You will find this stuff together with some example schematics and building blocks at the file repository of this user group (Files > Library > BuildingBlocks) The Link is: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/files/Library/BuildingBlocks/ With best regards: Bernd Wiebus alias dl1eic -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01
