Ho John,
the problem is that you are doing it wrong. Mounting holes are components, not pads. So you need to click on the component properties, and uncheck the "visible" flag on the "reference" field. I hope this helps.
The mounting holes are not in the schematic,
any more than the mounting holes for the potentiometer are.
Those mounting holes have pads, of course and are called MH1 and
MH2. But I see no way of changing the 'REF**' text for the
mounting holes in the PCB. In the Pad Properties pane, the Pad
Type is NPTH mechanical and the Pad number field is greyed out.
There are footprints for Mounting holes, but
no symbols. That seems to indicate that symbols are not
required.
On 2024-08-28 22:42, Tony Casey wrote:
It sounds like they have not been annotated.
Do the mounting holes exist in your schematic, or did you just try
to add them onto the PCB? If the latter, that's why the reference
hasn't been updated: it's because they are not in the netlist. If
you double-click on the mounting hole (in pcb), you will get the
footprint properties dialogue; just manually change REF** to
something like MP1, MP2, MP3, etc. "Update from schematic" will
always tell you they aren't used because they aren't in the
schematic. I have a personal "Mounting_Point" library with
schematic symbols for holes and mounting points, with and without
grounding connections. That's your issue - there is no mounting
point or hole schematic symbol that I can see in the standard
schematic symbol libraries.
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Regards,
Tony
On 28/08/2024 20:44, brian wrote:
Select them and Mark not in schematic as a
property.
I'm in trouble again. I added four
mounting holes to my board and the come with? text
'REF**'. Update PCB describes them as 'unused' and
proposes to delete them, which is obviously wrong. I
can't find a way to change REF** to something else.
Please advise.
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Best Wishes
John Woodgate
Keep trying
