Schematic ->Layout V5.1.10

[ronsimpson]

I have a long series of boards where 90% of the board is the same and 10% changes.
I have the Schematic in hierarchical levels where the 10% that changes is on the last page. So version “J” of the board has a top level Schematic-J which calls out schematic memory-A, power-A, etc and Parts_That_Changes-J. This has work well for me. Only complaints are that I loose the Reference Designators for the last page and the BOM information disappears.

This time, I have a board with two sets of parts for the area that changed. So I have a PCB parts “I” and parts “J” (parts from this version and parts from last version). (I know how that happened) Only 20 parts but a real pain. Some of the “I” parts are exactly where I want them with hole sizes modifier but they have no nets.

Is there a easy way to edit a part to move it from “I” to “J”? Or any information on PCB parts from page I compared to parts from page J.

[iabarry]

I don’t think you want to edit a part (symbol).

Do you have a single project or multiple projects?

This is a configuration management problem that requires both process discipline and understanding of kicad.

How often do the standard blocks change? I think I would make each version a separate project. Make a unique hierarchical top level sheet and import the common sheets.