At 08:30 AM 2/18/2002 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Does anybody know how I can import four different footprints in one >schematic component? As far as I know, it is only possible to import one >footprint in the schematic. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Posted from Association web site by: Jan Lambrecht
It's not exactly clear to what Mr. Lambrecht wants to do. So I'll just make some comments on footprints. In the schematic library editor, up to four footprints may be assigned to each part, under the Description button in the Panel. These footprints will be available in the part edit dialog. The actual footprint used on the board will be the one chosen, or it may be some other footprint manually entered or otherwise changed. To make the four footprints available for a part, press the Update Schematics button in the panel. This will update parts used on currently open schematics. (It *may* be necessary to save the library file before pressing this button, I haven't checked lately.) If footprints are edited in the PCB, the footprint field in the Schematic may be overwritten with the value used on the PCB if the Design/UpdateSchematic process is followed. So designers who like to assign footprints at the PCB level, take note: you can do this and still end up with correct footprint assignments in the schematic. (Common practice has been to leave the schematics without correct footprint assignments, which then makes it impossible to use the synchronizer to make footprint changes, since many footprints are incorrect and it would be a pain to go through and delete the macros one does not want to execute. (By the way, I *always* preview updates unless I have been going back and forth frequently and I am very confident that only what I want changed is being changed. Even then it might be a bad idea to skip the preview.) [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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
