I use a lot of hierarchical sheets in my PCB designs, and I’d like to associate a default PCB layout with those sheets. pcbnew already groups components together that belong to the same hierarchical sheet, but I’d like a way to have intra-sheet traces, etc. already laid out as well, effectively making multiple “modules” that are easier/better/proven to layout on the board. Is there a good way to do this? Sarkari Result Pnr Status
Currently there is no good way to do this.
I am considering making an action plugin to support his workflow, but it will not be available before summer.
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If you open Pcbnew in “standalone” mode you can open and add PCB’s from different projects into one file. This is sometimes used as a hack to make panels with different PCB’s, but can also be used to import the components / tracks / board outline of a pcb as a “module”.
Pcbnew is opened in standalone mode if you start it directly from a command line window or from your operating system’s menu. (That is, not from the KiCad project manager).
It turns out it was way easier to do than I thought initially. Once it clicked that this is basically just replicate layout but across different files it was quite easy though. Anyhow you might want to take a look at Save/Restore layout action plugin.
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