I use this 3rd party Action plug in, that does exactly what you want:?

The only thing to remember is, that you'll have to design the schematics with reuse in mind. But that seems a fairly good thing to do anyways.?

Doug McKnight <doug@...> schrieb am Di., 24. Dez. 2019, 03:24:

Hi,
I have a vague recollection that this is planned for the future, but I
would love to have some type of hierarchical layout capability. For
instance, I have an output driver that is replicated 6 times. The
hierarchical schematic is perfect for this sort of task, and a tweak to
the design is faithfully replicated among all the "instances".

For layout, I have an evil hack that I've used which is to lay out one
of the blocks, then move the components out of the way with "exact move"
then "array" the wires to duplicate them, then "exact move" the
components back and move the rest of the rats-nest components onto the
copied wires. That approach does save some time, but any changes need to
be made to each copy.

What's the best way to achieve something closer to true hierarchical
layout?

A related problem is how to reuse nice chunks of layout. For example, I
have a nice power supply design that I'd like to reuse. I can get the
schematic into the hierarchical schematic by selecting the correct file
name when I create a hierarchical schematic sheet, but how can I "drop
in" the appropriate chunk of layout?

Thanks for any suggestions,
Doug

From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of barry sandeman
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 10:16 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [kicad-users] ex-pCad dos 5v2

?

HI all,

retired (69) used pcad dos v5 +/- 20 years. hobbiest now.
is it possibleto move and or rotate the pin-numbers assigned to the pins??

seems that this so similar to the dos version. Thank you

sure there will be more questions later.

Barry

Hi,
I have a vague recollection that this is planned for the future, but I
would love to have some type of hierarchical layout capability. For
instance, I have an output driver that is replicated 6 times. The
hierarchical schematic is perfect for this sort of task, and a tweak to
the design is faithfully replicated among all the "instances".

For layout, I have an evil hack that I've used which is to lay out one
of the blocks, then move the components out of the way with "exact move"
then "array" the wires to duplicate them, then "exact move" the
components back and move the rest of the rats-nest components onto the
copied wires. That approach does save some time, but any changes need to
be made to each copy.

What's the best way to achieve something closer to true hierarchical
layout?

A related problem is how to reuse nice chunks of layout. For example, I
have a nice power supply design that I'd like to reuse. I can get the
schematic into the hierarchical schematic by selecting the correct file
name when I create a hierarchical schematic sheet, but how can I "drop
in" the appropriate chunk of layout?

Thanks for any suggestions,
Doug

Hi All,
I went to open an old project built in kicad 5 last year about this
time, and when I open the schematic I get an incredibly long string of
"Library /usr/share/kicad/library/... not found"? Use the Manage Symbol
Libraries dialog to fix the path (or remove the library).? Sure enough
if I look for the missing library in /usr/share/kicad/library/ it is not
there.? When I want to add a power to my schematic, there are none there
except my local ones. I'm not sure, but I suspect that the libraries are
getting updated or something and leaving my year old project in the
dust.? What is the best way to solve my problem?? I'm using ubuntu if it
matters.
Thanks,
Rob

Hi All,
I went to open an old project built in kicad 5 last year about this
time, and when I open the schematic I get an incredibly long string of
"Library /usr/share/kicad/library/... not found"? Use the Manage Symbol
Libraries dialog to fix the path (or remove the library).? Sure enough
if I look for the missing library in /usr/share/kicad/library/ it is not
there.? When I want to add a power to my schematic, there are none there
except my local ones. I'm not sure, but I suspect that the libraries are
getting updated or something and leaving my year old project in the
dust.? What is the best way to solve my problem?? I'm using ubuntu if it
matters.
Thanks,
Rob

Mmm.. when I tested..

On loading kicad complained, then when I continued with the loading it
sorted itself out. The libs were all updated.

The netlist file I did not worry about, As the required aim was to save
the project so that it could be modified and reused, the .net file would
be regenerated anyway. (It is, I've just checked)

Good point to remeber 'tho

It would be better if a copy project was in the main system rather than
messing about like this.

the process must be there as it's pretty much what the templates do.

Andy



On Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:02:12 -0800
send_no_hormel@... wrote:

Andy, KiCAD makes reference to other files WITHIN some of the files in a project.? Merely renaming the files in the directory will not work (consistently at least).

Assuming a *nix type system, within a project directory, with say a project named "Simple PWM", you can do something like:

grep -i "Simple PWM" *

README.txt:Simple PWM driver.
Simple PWM.net:??? (source "/some_path/proj/kicad/Simple PWM/Simple PWM.sch")
Simple PWM.net:??????? (source "Simple PWM.sch")
Simple PWM.sch:LIBS:Simple PWM-cache
Simple PWM.sch-bak:LIBS:Simple PWM-cache

In a more complex project, there can be a lot more file references.? Note the readme above is a file I create with some notes on a design, it isn't part of KiCAD.

Those references can be fixed with an invocation of sed.

I use git, it's handy for:
* making backups
* enable access to projects from other workstations (as I push the repo to a server)
* revision control (both tracking the changes, but documenting them as well) - this is like uber-undo if you want to do major changes to a design (whereas in-app undo goes away between invocations).
* branch (yea, make an alternate version of a project)
* visualize what has changed in a design (since the files are text based)
* keep custom footprints in sync with the projects that use them.
* enabling other people to make changes/contributions to your project
* etc.

git is useful for managing server configuration files, journal documents, etc.? It's not just about source code.

Oh, you can also use git to search for parts/references across multiple designs.? 'git grep' is a wondrous thing.? "hrm, what else have I used XYZ in?? I seem to recall some filter/whatever circuit in conjunction..."

Hi All.

I opened a bug report about the naming of the flip command in eeschema. I find it confusing that a Flip Horizontally? is named the very long and confusing "Flip around Vertical (y) axis". If you feel the same, please add a comment on that report.
Up till now I got a rather negative response about the technical correctness of the command name.