when it gets in a screwed up state, I just rename the schematic and
start over with a new board. keep the old one around for
reference. Yes, I know it wastes effort but once you know parts
plaement, its not hard to get back to where you were quickly.
--- In
Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Ussery"
<uavscience@f...> wrote:
> Yeah, Eagle can be screwy sometimes.
> I don't think I've encountered exactly your problem, but I've only
been
> using Eagle for a month. My only suggestion would be to totally
delete the
> part in the schematic and add a new one. This isn't as bad as it
sounds,
> since all the connections should remain in place. Just make sure
that they
> all get re-connected. This often requires moving the part and nets
more than
> once in the schematic.
> Good luck!
>
> - Robert
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: joshdewinter [mailto:joshdewinter@y...]
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 8:58 PM
> >To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] You guys are good...how about another
Eagle one?
> >The case of missing components
> >
> > Thanks a lot Robert. So thhhhaaaats what that Net class menu is
> >for!
> > I don't mean to flood the group with questions specific to a
layout
> >program, but everyone here is so good. I hope more people can
> >bebefit from these. Maybe I'll make a little mini-tutorial as an
> >alternative for newbies like myself who find software manuals to be
> >kryptonite once I get everything figured out.
> >
> > I've got another one. I just dug a hole I can't figure out how
to
> >get out of...I noticed something in my circuit I wanted to change,
> >yet I was already routing, so I stopped the autorouter in mid-
route.
> >I then removed a component from my schematic. After that, I
noticed
> >the router was still half-done, so I went back to the board and
told
> >it to "End Job". When I did, it somehow magically replaced the
> >component I had just removed, restoring the board to the way it was
> >when routing had started, but here's the bad thing...the component
> >was still missing from the schematic. I then promptly got the
error
> >message that the schematic and boards didn't match, that no
> >forward/backward annotation would be allowed, and that my first
born
> >children would be found and executed. Okay not really...just the
> >first parts.
> > I noticed though that the part it replaced wasn't wired up (when
I
> >say "wired up", I mean it didn't have the straight little yellow
> >unrouted lines between it and the other components it should be
> >connected to). When I went to the schematic and replaced the part,
> >then went back to the board, it still wasn't wired. So, I deleted
> >the component from the board and the schematic. I then replaced
the
> >component with a brand new one on the schematic, BUT, and here's
the
> >bug butt, it nor any others will show up on the board now. (It was
> >serious about the forward/backward annotation thing). How do you
> >restore that function once you've gotten it out of sync?
> >
> >Thanks a million again
> >
> >Josh DeWinter
> >Pullman, WA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Be sure to visit the group home and check for new Bookmarks and
files:
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >