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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pass my thanks on to Dick; I think a lot of us have been wishing for the
disappearance of cvpcb for years.

- Cirilo

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:20 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I just committed a patch (r5718) from Dick that should greatly simplify
> the process of footprint assignment using cvpcb.  This patch does away
> with using the intermediate *.cmp file and directly updates the s-expr
> netlist via kiway express messaging.  This means there is no more stand
> alone executable of cvpcb.  This also means that you will have to use
> the s-expr netlist when importing in pcbnew.  If you do not normally
> back import the footprint assignments from the *.cmp file into eeschema,
> you will have to do this before your run cvpcb because the s-expr
> netlist will not contain the footprint assignments until you do this.
> This patch will eliminate one more unnecessary step when assigning
> footprints and streamline the process.  I still need to fix the save
> tooltip in the cvpcb toolbar since the *.cmp file does not get saved.  I
> also need to remove the read footprints from *.cmp file in the pcbnew
> import netlist dialog since the *.cmp can no longer be generated by
> cvpcb.  Going forward, the *.cmp file will only be useful for back
> importing from pcbnew to eeschema.  At some point in the future, even
> that will go away.j  Please test this and let me know if you find any
> issues.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
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