gEDA-user: gsch2pcb wierdness

[David W. Schultz]

>     In looking at the .pcb file generated by gsch2pcb I note that there are
>     actually three different  PCB() lines with the element information
>     scattered between them. Which seems very odd indeed and I can understand
>     why PCB would puke on the second one.
> 
> 
> You may want to run gsch2pcb with the -v option and see if any of the
> debug messages are helpfull. If you are using standard gschem parts (or are
> using embedded parts) you may want to post your schematic.
> 
> 
> (* jcl *)


I thought that perhaps the problem was related to the m4 parts library.
So I carefully replaced all of the footprints with file elements from
your collection. I have even gone so far as to rename the m4 directory
to keep it from being searched at all. It doesn't help.

The only footprint that I had to create was for a variable resistor.

(Light bulb goes on)

Dope slap time for me. While writing this it suddenly occurred to me
that I am getting 2  extra "PCB" lines and I have two instances of this
variable resistor.

I thought that I had carefully followed the procedure for creating new
footprints but I must have missed something as it looks like a regular
schematic. gsch2pcb is obviously just inserting the whole file. A quick
edit corrects this problem.

This schematic/pcb is actually just a diversion from the project I had
been working on. It was simple and looked like a better way to break
into learning the tools. I looked at the footprints I created for that
project and not one of them has this problem. Sigh.

Sorry for wasting everyones time.


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David W. Schultz
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