gEDA-user: refdes and footprint not automatic from sym to sch

Stuart Brorson sdb at cloud9.net
Thu Apr 19 13:58:59 EDT 2007


>> v 20050313 1
>> B 200 500 1200 1200 3 0 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
>> {
>> T 200 1900 5 10 1 1 0 0 1
>> refdes=U?
>> T 200 1700 5 10 1 0 0 0 1
>> footprint=SO8W
>> }
> The attributes are attached to the Box. But you need toplevel
> attributes.

Yeah, it looks like Frank is trying to attach attributes to a box,
which is a graphic object, not a component.

Frank, try reading these materials:

GEDA symbol creation guide:
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:scg

GEDA gschem usage FAQ (contains lots of symbol info):
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem#gschem_symbols

Stuart


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