Re: gEDA: gschem2pcb question

[James Jackson <jjackson@salsa-digital.com>]

Hi all,

I noticed the spaces in the pattern name... but thought that it was
allowed in this package.

In all of the CAD PCB layout software that I've ever used, spaces are
a no-no.

If one needs to put a space... they should use a dash or underscore
character - never a space.

Spaces always seem to cause issues in postprocessing software - BOMs,
Netlists, etc.

Just my .02 worth.

Regards,

James Jackson


Ales Hvezda wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> [snip]
> >The weird part is that U1 gets processed correctly, so gaf knows what
> >"SMD" is, then when U2 comes around, it doesn't know it anymore ...
> 
>         Actually U1 is also not correct, because the footprint in it
> is "D 8" which I don't think is a valid PCB name.  The reason all this
> is failing is because of the spaces in the value of the footprint
> attribute (ie SMD 14).  What's the solution to this?  Are spaces in
> footprints valid for PCB?  Anybody run across this before?
> (btw, I think it's the spaces causing the problems, but I could be wrong).
> 
>                                                                 -Ales

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