At 11:40 AM 2/4/2002 -0500, Bob Wolfe wrote: >Dwight, >Mr. Lomax pointed out and unless there is something wrong >with my intsallation, it does respect a footprint in each symbol however >ONLY the first and not any alternates that may be listed.
I just spent a fair amount of time attempting to verify Mr. Wolfe's report, without success. Even if the footprint field is empty, the first item in the list is not used, nor is any item in the list. If the part exists on the PCB, it remains as-is, though a warning is generated in the Warning tab of the synchronizer. If there is no part on the PCB, the synchronizer tries and fails to place "" as a footprint. >If you have a symbol with more than one footprint listed >try update footprints and see what ends up on your board. >Every time I have tried this it replaces what was there and puts the >first one back on the board. We discussed this a little bit back and I suspect that Mr. Wolfe still has a certain issue confused. "The first one" must refer to the first item in a list, but the list is an option list and has next to nothing to do with what is used by the synchronizer. What is used by the synchronizer is the content of the footprint field, not what you see when you pull down the list. It can be completely different from what is on that list. Or it can be one of them. Perhaps there is a bug which bites under conditions which have not been described. Otherwise I suspect that Mr. Wolfe is referring to a situation where a different footprint has been used on the PCB than what is specified in the footprint field on the corresponding symbol in Schematic. Yes, if update footprints is checked, such a footprint will be replaced. The first item in the list of footprints is stuffed into the footprint field under some conditions when a part is first placed. Otherwise the list of footprints is should be irrelevant. If it is not irrelevant, a bug has been found. If Mr. Wolfe will tell us exactly the footprint names in question, assuming that he *is* talking about update from an item in the list rather than from the footprint field, then we could attempt to duplicate the behavior. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
