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[Kristoffer <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

The locking of footprints are a major pain when every stitch via is an
extra component, and even if I locked everything, one miss and the button
would delete the footprint(s), making it less useful than the "read netlist". 

It is much easier to manually delete a few extra component later, than to re-add
a few dozen of components. 

On 01/11/2017 03:51 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Kristoffer, does the locking of footprints in pcbnew not serve this
> purpose good enough?
> 
> 2017-01-11 15:46 GMT+01:00 Kristoffer <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Every kind of dialog is quickly going to become annoying, the components
>> needs to be marked in some way. Maybe if one could identify which components
>> was added in pcbnew, and which was imported from eeschema?
>>
>> This would not break anyone of our workflows.
>>
>>
>> On 01/11/2017 03:39 PM, jp charras wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 11/01/2017 à 14:55, Kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> I was the one suggesting that, and I would also suggest that every extra
>>>> component/footprint that
>>>> does not have the "virtual" attribute should be removed if there is not a
>>>> matching schematic symbol,
>>>> so that an extra resistor would be removed, but an extra mounting hole
>>>> with the virtual tag would be
>>>> kept.
>>>
>>>
>>> Virtual tag is just to avoid the component put in BOM.
>>>
>>> A typical virtual component is a edge-connector card and some microwave
>>> components which are only a
>>> drawing on the board.
>>> The footprint itself is similar to other footprints (but usually has no 3D
>>> symbol)
>>>
>>> For me I am not sure the "right way" exists.
>>> (In my designs I always put a schematic symbol for each footprint,
>>> especially mounting holes)
>>> Perhaps an option similar to options existing in import netlist dialog.
>>> Or, better, like in Altium, a dialog to validate footprints which will be
>>> removed or changed.
>>>
>>> Note: locked footprints are not removed.
>>> Basically, mounting holes (like any mechanical footprint) should be always
>>> *locked* in a good design.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -Kristoffer
>>>> On 2017-01-11 14:00, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone on #kicad has noticed that "Perform PCB update" removes
>>>>> components that were placed only in pcbnew without a schematic symbol
>>>>> counterpart assigned. It works as if "delete extra footprints" option
>>>>> was always enabled when reading a netlist. The drawback is it removes
>>>>> logos, mounting holes, etc. that were placed at later stage.
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the right way to perform a PCB update? Shall we keep components
>>>>> with empty schematic sheet path (i.e. placed in pcbnew) or force users
>>>>> to maintain component & footprint links?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Orson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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