Updating Board view after adding component to Schematic view

James,

It sounds like you are saying that its a manual process....

For example, if I create a schematic and then the associated board. If I add

a component to the schematic after creating the board (even though the

component may be in a corner somewhere), I need to manually create the

network connections (even though I did so in the schematic already).

Is that correct?

"James Morrison" <spam2@stratforddigital.ca> wrote in message

news:C421335B.16E97%spam2@stratforddigital.ca...

On 2008/Apr/08 2:05 PM, in article ftgc69$gge$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de,

"FrankP843" <Fp9090@pop.net> wrote:

 

I added a component on my Schematic but couldn't figure out how to

refresh

my Board to show the newly added component. How is this done?

 

Hi Frank,

 

EAGLE behaves a little differently than other tool flows if you're used to

having separate schematic and layout editors and with forward and back

annotating.

 

In EAGLE, always edit either file with the other open.  In this case you

have "constant-annotation".  Anything done in one editor is automatically

reflected in the other.  Its very handy and reduces lots of consistency

problems.  However, if you edit one without the other open then you'll

actually get consistency problems.

 

To see if this is what you have done, do an ERC in the schematic (with the

PCB open as well).  The last line will tell you if you have a consistency

problem.  If you do, you need to duplicate what you did in the schematic

in

the PCB.  Or go back to an older revision and redo with the PCB open.  It

depends on the situation as to what is easier.

 

If you've done it right, the footprint for the component you added to the

schematic will automatically appear in the PCB.  It may be off in a corner

somewhere so you may want to zoom to fit -- it might just be off the

visible

screen.

 

I hope that helps.

 

James.

 

--

James Morrison

www.eagletoolkit.com

EAGLE Design Expert

North American Online EAGLE Dealer

EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

 

James,

It sounds like you are saying that its a manual process....

For example, if I create a schematic and then the associated board. If I add

a component to the schematic after creating the board (even though the

component may be in a corner somewhere), I need to manually create the

network connections (even though I did so in the schematic already).

Is that correct?

"James Morrison" <spam2@stratforddigital.ca> wrote in message

news:C421335B.16E97%spam2@stratforddigital.ca...

On 2008/Apr/08 2:05 PM, in article ftgc69$gge$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de,

"FrankP843" <Fp9090@pop.net> wrote:

 

I added a component on my Schematic but couldn't figure out how to

refresh

my Board to show the newly added component. How is this done?

 

Hi Frank,

 

EAGLE behaves a little differently than other tool flows if you're used to

having separate schematic and layout editors and with forward and back

annotating.

 

In EAGLE, always edit either file with the other open.  In this case you

have "constant-annotation".  Anything done in one editor is automatically

reflected in the other.  Its very handy and reduces lots of consistency

problems.  However, if you edit one without the other open then you'll

actually get consistency problems.

 

To see if this is what you have done, do an ERC in the schematic (with the

PCB open as well).  The last line will tell you if you have a consistency

problem.  If you do, you need to duplicate what you did in the schematic

in

the PCB.  Or go back to an older revision and redo with the PCB open.  It

depends on the situation as to what is easier.

 

If you've done it right, the footprint for the component you added to the

schematic will automatically appear in the PCB.  It may be off in a corner

somewhere so you may want to zoom to fit -- it might just be off the

visible

screen.

 

I hope that helps.

 

James.

 

--

James Morrison

www.eagletoolkit.com

EAGLE Design Expert

North American Online EAGLE Dealer

EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit