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[Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very interesting. I compiled it for a quick look, seems like it could be
nice.

This is a nicer workflow than making changes, going to pcbnew, importing
netlist, etc for sure.

Jon

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 6:12 PM Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On 21.01.2016 23:50, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> > Hi Tomasz
> >
> > This sounds promising, but I just have a small comment reading this. I
> > have not yet tested the patces, and I won't have time until... maybe
> > next week.
> >
> > But is it your intention to use F9? That is currently assigned to the
> > switch to legacy canvas in pcbnew.
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> We can choose any other hotkey ;)
>
> Cheers,
> T.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > 2016-01-21 23:30 GMT+01:00 Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx
> >:
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> This patchset contains an updated version of the single-click SCH->PCB
> >> update tool.
> >>
> >> The way it works is:
> >> - press F9 (or select Tools->Update PCB From Schematics) in eeschema or
> >> pcbnew
> >> - 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).
> >>
> >> The changes since the previous version are:
> >> - automatic spreading of the new footprints outside board area,
> >> - fixed undo-related crashes,
> >> - the tool can be now invoked both from the schematics & PCB editor.
> >> - pcbnew window is now automagically opened the first time user calls
> >> for an update.
> >>
> >> Note it will only work when Kicad is opened in Project Manager mode.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for testing & comments,
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tom
> >>
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