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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/22/2015 1:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote:
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>> On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:47 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 6/22/2015 1:45 PM, Andy Peters wrote:
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>>>> On Jun 22, 2015, at 8:58 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> One of the biggest annoyances of Kicad (to me) was the PCB forward
>>>> annotation process. The attached patch set attempts to improve this by
>>>> adding an "Update PCB From schematics" option in eeschema when Kicad is
>>>> open in Project Manager mode. The way it works is:
>>>> - press F9 (or select Tools->Update PCB From Schematics) in eeschema
>>>> - a window with changes to be applied to PCB will appear
>>>> - you can check for errors/warnings/review what is going to be changed
>>>> - click "Perform PCB update" or press Enter to proceed (or cancel).
>>>> - netlist updates can be undone (Ctrl-Z restores PCB state after wrong
>>>> netlist load).
>>>
>>> I like this a lot, and I think this will go a long way towards stopping the bitching and moaning by various people on various forums who for whatever reason think it’s too many steps to export a netlist from eeschema and then import it into pcbnew.
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>> Are you willing to bet any money that the bitching and moaning will stop? :)
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> I think we all know the answer to that question :)

Sorry!  I just couldn't help myself.  I guess I've been at this too long.

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> Party on, Wayne ..

Too funny!  If only your first name was Garth.  I haven't heard than in
a long time along with "Wayne's World, Wayne's World, party time,
excellent", "Shwingggg", and "Way".

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