Wrong filter settings. (You need the one i marked green plus the one i marked blue in my previous post.)
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OK thanks. I was able to associate footprint with each component and update the layout. But since footprints of all capacitors and both ICs were updated, it seems that I have to re route the layout from air wires. So I was thinking that since I only wanted to update the footprint of the 7X2 connector to 1X6 connector, can I not delete the old footprint in the layout, add the new footprint from the library and re-route the necessary signal wires?
Yes. That is what I would do when only a few footprints are involved, for exactly the reason you mentioned: to preserve as much of the work already completed as possible.
In PCBNew, use either the âEâ shortcut key, or right-click, while hovering over a footprint. Depending on your version, you will select either âEdit Parametersâ or the âPropertiesâ menu. Click the âChange Footprintâ button, and enter the new footprintâs name . (The format is {Registered Library Name} : {Footprint Name}. ) Click âApplyâ and you should get a message saying âChange footprint . . . . . OKâ.
The ânew footprint nameâ might be identical to the âoldâ name! This is useful if you had to make some change to an existing footprint - say, change a hole size, for example. The footprint on your board will NOT get updated unless you bring the changed footprint onto your board using either the âChange Footprintâ feature, or importing a netlist.
Also notice the choices in the âOptionsâ section of the âChange Footprintâ menu. They allow you to define the scope of the change process, from a single instance of one footprint, to all the footprints on the board.
After changing a footprint on a board you really should change the footprint name in the schematic, then generate a new netlist. At the very least, this keeps DRC happy.
Dale
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