Consistency errors

On 8/31/2016 12:00 PM, Jim McAuley wrote:

Well, its happened again. I have consistency errors. How do I resolve them. I have tried to delete the offending part from the schematic, both with the board open and closed. I have tried replacing the offending part with a new part from a brand new library. I have tried to delete the part from the schematic, close the schematic reopen the schematic and the board. I have airwires on the board but can't place or select the part. What do I try next?

 

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Hi Jim,

I hope you're doing well. Remember to always have the board and

schematic open at the same time together. That will avoid running into

consistency issues.

Remember to run the ERC often as you make changes to make sure you are

going the right direction. When you are trying to get back consistency

you need both the schematic and the board to be open at the same time.

How many errors do you have now? If the error is part is found in one

editor but not the other. Then the easiest thing to do is to remove the

part from the editor that has it.

Remember that ALL of the consistency errors must be resolved before you

can regain consistency and continue working.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

I currently have 3 errors and two warnings, all on the schematic.

The errors are "Different connections on Pins" on two different parts.

The warnings are "Only one pin on net" for two different nets.

What do I do to correct these errors, and will this get me back consistency?

Jim McAuley wrote:

 

What do I do to correct these errors, and will this get me back consistency?

Change the schematic so the connections in the schematic match the connections in the board. Make the changes one at a time and run ERC after each change to see if the error has gone away. If it hasn't gone away then the change wasn't right. Once you have made all the changes and got back consistency, you can make the changes in the schematic again to get it to how you really want it to be but remember NEVER EVER edit the schematic or board without the other one being open.

Best Regards,

Rachael

On 9/1/2016 1:30 PM, Jim McAuley wrote:

I didn't spend a week working on this problem, it was over a month.

There weren't 3 errors. There were 3 consistency errors, and 19 errors, from 4 pins, on two identical parts, that I was trying to correct that caused the consistency errors.

The last time I had this consistency errors I did send the file to Jorge, who corrected the problems but didn't tell me how. So nothing was learned there.

Hi Jim,

I think the best thing we could do right now is setup a screen share

where I'm seeing what you are seeing.

Please contact support@cadsoftusa.com and we can set something up to get

this sorted. I would also suggest that you walk away from the design

from a few hours and take a break. It's difficult to think straight and

assimilate direction when you've been staring at the problem for over a

month straight.

An old proverb reads "oppression can drive the wise one into madness".

From the way these post have been developing I get the feeling that you

are probably under a time crunch. We can all relate, those are some of

the worst times in engineer's life. Send me an e-mail, and we'll arrange

a screen share and get this resolved together. That way you can see step

by step how this works.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Cadsoft Support

CadSoft Guest wrote:

 

Hi Rachael,

 

I think that deleting the board is sometimes the fastest way to rebuild it correctly, especially if someone says he doesn't know how to delete a board.

Look at this thread and the help you and others have provided, long discussions which lead to nothing.

I have the impression that the poster did not do what you suggested so no positive result.

The poster should have placed the files here and I bet the users here would have helped immediately.

 

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

 

Joern Paschedag

 

I fear frustration and desperation have taken over and Jim is now battling these as well as inexperience with EAGLE. I can understand this, sometimes when you get totally bogged down in an issue you just get to a point where, no matter what, you just can't see the solution that is staring you in the face.

He has posted links to his .lbr files on another thread although they are on some strange hosting site that looks slightly like the type of site that also hosts adware and other crap so I am not downloading anything from there. He should post the .lbr file so we can get it straight from here (Jim: If you go to the advanced editor on here (Element 14) there is an attach button). As it's a commercial project I can understand why he wouldn't post the actual design files up.

Best Regards,

Rachael

Jim McAuley wrote:

 

I never adjusted, touched, or changed the layers. This also happened three times.

Well I would check that tOrigins and bOrigins are both turned on anyway just to be absolutely sure as per Olin's suggestion.

Alternatively is something else selecting instead of the part you are trying to select? If so you can right click and select "Next" to scroll through the items which fall within the selection area until you get to the right one.

Jim McAuley wrote:

 

I never adjusted, touched, or changed the layers. This also happened three times.

Well I would check that tOrigins and bOrigins are both turned on anyway just to be absolutely sure as per Olin's suggestion.

Alternatively is something else selecting instead of the part you are trying to select? If so you can right click and select "Next" to scroll through the items which fall within the selection area until you get to the right one.