I create footprints for the off board components since they need to be connected to the board at some point. For example for a SPST swith you would still need to have at least two wires that connect from the board to the switch, so create a fotprint that has two pads for the switch. The pins on the schematic should match up the pads on the footprint.
Cheers, Marshall -----Original Message----- From: Christoph Brudy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:54 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] "Off-Board" components Hello, can somebody recommend a way to handle components that I want to appear in the schematic, but are not mounted on the PCB (e.g. switches, lamps, fuses ...). I thought of the following ways to do this: a) create a separate schematic sheet with the off-board components, connected to a sheet symbol for the rest of the circuit. b) Draw the off-board components with drawing tools, so that they have no electrical connectivity. Neither approach seems to be entirely satisfactory, because with a) you have to refer to two sheets if you want to understand the circuit, and b) gets cumbersome for anything more complicated than, say, a single resistor. Does anybody here have better ideas ? Chris * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
