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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, after testing this, I actually have two "bug reports", one that I
consider fairly important, and one that's minor.

Important one: IMO there *needs* to be an option to only add or update
components, not remove. Here's the list of suggested changes for a board where
I manually added via stitching using a via "footprint" and the array tool:

https://misc.c4757p.com/nooooooo.png

I don't want to remove those!! It's not a 'standard' use case, perhaps, but
it's still a regression, as I was previously able to make it keep those.

Minor one: don't say "Netlist update successful!" in the list of _proposed_
changes, it's a bit confusing as it seems to imply the changes have actually
been made.


On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 10:13:51AM -0500, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Thanks to both of you. I'm sure it's not perfect yet, but it's a *massive*
> improvement in the workflow, and should see more general testing. I'm sure we
> can handle rough edges for a little while. :)
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 04:01:30PM +0100, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> > After some extra testing and fixes, I have merged the patches
> > [6522-6527]. I hope it will encourage others to test it out as well.
> > 
> > Thank you Tom, now the forward annotation process is much faster &
> > convenient.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Orson
> > 
> > On 01/21/2016 11:30 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> > > 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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