Well, I made a simple schematic with EEschema, passed the electrical check without trouble, made the netlist, did the CVpcb thing, and routed in PCBnew. All is fine, so my Kicad build seems to be working.
I tried to add another module in the pcb. Fine. I tried to connect the new module with a trace... Type Err(4)! It doesn't agree to connect the trace to the new component. I still don't understand why I cannot route manually without a schematic or a netlist when the faq says I could? Axel --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "ma...@..." <mad...@...> wrote: > > Thank you for your answer. I will try to make a simple schematic and netlist, > to see if it works better... But it is my understanding that I shouldn't be > forced to go through those steps. > > Axel > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Ricardo Cárdenes Medina > <ricardo.cardenes@> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:39 AM, madax@ <mad.ax@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello group! > > > This is my first post, so I apologize but I'm afraid I need some help! > > > > > > I installed Kicad (2010-05-05 BZR 2356) on Ubuntu Lucid64. Fine. As far as > > > drawing schematics, everything is ok. Now if I try to draw a PCB without > > > schematic, without netlist, without autorouter... Just a simple one sided > > > circuit board. I create a new project, open PCB new, place say a DIP-8_300 > > > component, click on 'add traces and vias', start tracing... and get: > > > Type Err(4) trace near pad > > > > > > What the hell am I doing wrong. > > > > > As far as I can see, the problem is that you're trying to draw a track > > to/from a pad that doesn't have a net assigned. How to assign a net to a > > pad? Editing the pad of course, but as you're coming from a "blank" > > situation, with no netlist, then I don't know how it works... Tagging a pad > > with a net that doesn't exists will actually crash my pcbnew. > > >
