<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <TITLE></TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Win32)"> <META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="IUT"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="19960127;12470000"> <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20061203;16570579"> <META NAME="SDFOOTNOTE" CONTENT=";;;;P"> <META NAME="SDENDNOTE" CONTENT="ARABIC"> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-GB" TEXT="#000000" DIR="LTR"> <DIV TYPE=HEADER> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><I><B>Cvpcb.</B></I></FONT></FONT> </DIV><DIV ID="Table des matières1" DIR="LTR"> <DIV ID="Table des matières1_Head" DIR="LTR"> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Albany"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Headings</B></FONT></FONT></P> </DIV> <DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#1.Purpose|outline">1 - Purpose</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#2.General characteristics|outline">2 - General characteristics</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#2.1.Characteristics|outline">2.1 - Characteristics</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#2.2.Input netlist format|outline">2.2 - Input netlist format</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#2.3.Output Netlist|outline">2.3 - Output Netlist</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#3.Invoking Cvpcb|outline">3 - Invoking Cvpcb</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.CVPCB Commands|outline">4 - CVPCB Commands</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.1.Main screen|outline">4.1 - Main screen</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.2.Main Screen Toolbar |outline">4.2 - Main Screen Toolbar </A></FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.3.CVPCB Configuration |outline">4.3 - CVPCB Configuration </A></FONT></FONT> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.3.1.General screen|outline">4.3.1 - General screen</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.3.2.Netlist Format|outline">4.3.2 - Netlist Format</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.3.3.Footprint Library selection |outline">4.3.3 - Footprint Library selection </A></FONT></FONT> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.3.4.Selecting the equivalence files|outline">4.3.4 - Selecting the equivalence files</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.4.Selecting library path and default extensions |outline">4.4 - Selecting library path and default extensions </A></FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.5.Viewing the current footprint|outline">4.5 - Viewing the current footprint</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.5.1.Display|outline">4.5.1 - Display</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.5.2.Keyboard Commands|outline">4.5.2 - Keyboard Commands</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.5.3.Pop Up Menu|outline">4.5.3 - Pop Up Menu</A></FONT></FONT><DD><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#4.5.4. 3D Display|outline">4.5.4 - 3D Display</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#5.Associating components with footprints|outline">5 - Associating components with footprints</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#5.1.Principle|outline">5.1 - Principle</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#5.2.Assignment|outline">5.2 - Assignment</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#5.3.Changing an existing assignment|outline">5.3 - Changing an existing assignment</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#5.4.Filtering the footprint list:|outline">5.4 - Filtering the footprint list:</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#6.Equivalence files|outline">6 - Equivalence files</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#6.1.Purpose|outline">6.1 - Purpose</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#6.2.Format|outline">6.2 - Format</A></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><A HREF="#7.Back- annotation file|outline">7 - Back- annotation file</A></FONT></FONT></DL> </DIV> <DL> <DT LANG="fr-FR"><BR><BR> </DT><DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="1.Purpose|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>1 - Purpose</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>CVPCB</B> allows you to assign each <B><I>component</I></B> that appears in the netlist created by the Schematic program to the name of the <B><I>footprint</I></B> which will represent it on a printed circuit board, and adds this information to the netlist. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Generally the netlist does not specify which <B><I>footprint</I></B> (i.e. the physical appearance of the component) the printed circuit software (<B>PCBNEW</B>) will have to display to create the general drawing of the card. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Components can be assigned to their corresponding footprints manually. You can create <I>Equivalence files</I>, which are look-up tables associating each component with its footprint. <FONT FACE="Arial, sans-serif">When equivalence files are available, automatic assignment is possible.</FONT></FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The list of the footprints available for the PCB software is contained in one or more <I>FOOTPRINT libraries.</I> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>This interactive approach is much simpler than directly placing the assignments on the schematic, because as well as allowing automatic assignment, <B>CVPCB</B>, allows you to see the list of the footprints available, and to display them on the screen.</FONT></FONT><DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="2.General characteristics|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>2 - General characteristics</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="2.1.Characteristics|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>2.1 - Characteristics</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Interactive assignment of components with footprints or automatic assignment via equivalence files. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Generation (if necessary) of back- annotation files of this assignment to the schematic. </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="2.2.Input netlist format|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>2.2 - Input netlist format</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> </DL> <UL> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>EESchema</B> (without footprint references). </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>VIEW LOGIC</B> WIRELIST. </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>VIEW LOGIC</B> NETLIST * (.NET+.PKG)</FONT></FONT></UL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="2.3.Output Netlist|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>2.3 - Output Netlist</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Two files are generated for <B><I>Pcbnew</I></B>:</FONT></FONT></DL> <UL> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The enhanced <B>Netlist</B> file (with footprint references)</FONT></FONT><LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>An auxiliary component assignment file . (<B>.CMP</B>).</FONT></FONT></UL> <DL> <DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="3.Invoking Cvpcb|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4><B>3 - Invoking Cvpcb</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>cvpcb</B> (the file is then selected in CVPCB, via the file menu) or <B>cvpcb <filename><I>,</I></B> (<I><B>filename</B> </I>being the name of the netlist file to be processed, from the schematic tool <B>Eeschema).</B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The name of the file can be given with or without extension. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The extensions will if necessary be supplied by the defined in <B>cvpcb </B>configuration<B>.</B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The two generated files will have the same name (with different extensions). </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The standard extension of the file to be processed is <B>.net.</B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The standard extension of the generated netlist file is <B>.net,</B> and will replace the old .net. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The standard extension of the file assigning components to the corresponding footprints (also generated by <B>CVPCB</B>) is <B>.cmp</B>. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>These standard extensions can be modified by changing <B>Cvpcb</B> configuration.</FONT></FONT><DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="4.CVPCB Commands|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4 - CVPCB Commands</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="4.1.Main screen|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4.1 - Main screen</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_maab4014.png" NAME="Graphic15" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=634 HEIGHT=557 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>The <I>Component </I></B>window (on the left) displays the list of components appearing in the Netlist read. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>The <I>footprint</I></B> window (on the right) displays the list of footprints contained in the libraries read. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>The <I>component</I></B> window is empty if no file is loaded, and the <B><I>footprint</I></B> window can be also empty if no footprint libraries are found.</FONT></FONT><DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="4.2.Main Screen Toolbar |outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4.2 - Main Screen Toolbar </FONT></FONT></FONT> </H2> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_1b76db63.png" NAME="Image32" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=348 HEIGHT=31 BORDER=0><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The various functions are: </FONT></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=29*> <COL WIDTH=227*> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m7ad16255.png" NAME="Image33" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=22 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Select the Netlist file to be processed.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_6818c805.png" NAME="Graphic8" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=23 HEIGHT=23 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Create the assignment (stuff) file .CMP and the .NET file, the modified, expanded Netlist .</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m577c9b2d.png" NAME="Graphic9" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Invoke the CVPCB configuration menu.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m64f95031.gif" NAME="Image34" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=23 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Display the current footprint (i.e. whose name is highlighted in the footprint window).</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m7211a9fc.png" NAME="Graphic7" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Automatically assign components/footprints starting from the equivalence files.<BR>Using this order obviously assumes that these files are available.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_10907a97.png" NAME="Graphic11" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=23 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Automatically run through the components towards the beginning of the list until the first component not yet assigned a footprint.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m34e24679.png" NAME="Graphic12" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=25 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Automatically run through the components towards the end of the list until the first component not yet assigned a footprint.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_16d1daed.png" NAME="Image35" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=22 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Delete all assignments.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_5ec697a9.png" NAME="Image36" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=23 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Generate footprint assignment back-annotation file.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_753ddb29.png" NAME="Image6" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Go to footprint documentation.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=11%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_66ed9576.png" NAME="Image9" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=46 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=89%> <DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Allows or forbids the footprint filtering to display the list of footprints</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>When the footprint filtering is allowed, the list of footprints shows only the autorized footprints for the current selected component.</FONT></FONT></DL> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <DL> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="4.3.CVPCB Configuration |outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4.3 - CVPCB Configuration </FONT></FONT></FONT> </H2> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"><A NAME="4.3.1.General screen|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.3.1 - General screen</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Invoking the configuration menu displays the following screen:</FONT></FONT></DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_15f50cc9.png" NAME="Image37" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=633 HEIGHT=421 BORDER=0><DL> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"> <A NAME="4.3.2.Netlist Format|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.3.2 - Netlist Format</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The options are: </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B><I><FONT COLOR="#800000">PcbNew:</FONT></I></B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Read the netlist file generated by Eeschema, enhance it and generate the .cmp file.</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B><I><FONT COLOR="#800000">ViewLogic Wirelist:</FONT></I></B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Accept standard format Viewlogic “Wirelist” (extension .wir) and generate a netlist file in PcbNew format (and the file .cmp) </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B><I><FONT COLOR="#800000">ViewLogicNet & Pkg:</FONT></I></B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Accept the standard Viewlogic format netlist (.net) associated with the component file (.pkg) and generate a netlist file in Pcbnew format (and the .cmp file).</FONT></FONT><DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"> <A NAME="4.3.3.Footprint Library selection |outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.3.3 - Footprint Library selection </FONT></FONT> </H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m355bf6ae.png" NAME="Image7" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=233 HEIGHT=263 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>To select a file with the mouse:</FONT></FONT></DL> <UL> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Del</B> removes this name from the list. </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Add</B> adds a new name to the list, <B>after the</B> selected name </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Ins</B> adds a new name to the list, <B>before the</B> selected name.</FONT></FONT></UL> <DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B><I>Note:</I></B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Any modification of this list also affects <B><I>pcbnew</I></B>. </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"><A NAME="4.3.4.Selecting the equivalence files|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.3.4 - Selecting the equivalence files</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m68f5886e.png" NAME="Graphic2" ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=240 HEIGHT=264 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>To select with the mouse a file name.</FONT></FONT></DL> <UL> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Del</B> removes this name of the list. </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Add</B> adds a new name to the list, <B>after the</B> selected name </FONT></FONT> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Ins</B> adds a new name to the list, <B>before the</B> selected name</FONT></FONT></UL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="4.4.Selecting library path and default extensions |outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4.4 - Selecting library path and default extensions </FONT></FONT></FONT> </H2> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m465458b7.gif" NAME="Image38" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=374 HEIGHT=85 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Lib Dir is the default path of the footprint file (<B>.mod</B>) and of the equivalence (<B>.equ)</B> files.</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><FONT FACE="Arial">If this field is left empty, the default path used will be <B><I>kicad/modules.</I></B></FONT></FONT></FONT><DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="4.5.Viewing the current footprint|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>4.5 - Viewing the current footprint</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The Visu command allows display of the current footprint, i.e. the one that appears highlighted on the central line of the <I>footprint</I> window. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The various footprints can be displayed by clicking on the desired footprint (in the list of the footprints), as long as this window is in displayed. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>One can also display the 3D view (if it has been created and assigned to the footprint)</FONT></FONT></DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m35d91fcb.png" NAME="Image39" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=618 HEIGHT=524 BORDER=0><DL> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"> <A NAME="4.5.1.Display|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.5.1 - Display</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The co-ordinates of the cursor are displayed at the bottom of the screen : </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Absolute co-ordinates (X nnnn Y nnnn) and relative co-ordinates (dx nnnn dy nnnn) </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The relative co-ordinates are zeroed by the space bar. </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"><A NAME="4.5.2.Keyboard Commands|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.5.2 - Keyboard Commands</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> <DD> <TABLE WIDTH=554 BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=130> <COL WIDTH=406> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=130> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>F1</B></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=406> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Zoom In</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=130> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>F2</B></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=406> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Zoom Out</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=130> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>F3</B></FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=406> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Refresh Display</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=130> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><<B>space bar></B>:</FONT></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH=406> <P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Zero relative co-ordinates.</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR"><BR><BR> </P></DD><DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"> <A NAME="4.5.3.Pop Up Menu|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.5.3 - Pop Up Menu</FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_2bb79e55.png" NAME="Image8" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=153 HEIGHT=177 BORDER=0><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Displayed by right-clicking the mouse:</FONT></FONT> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=113*> <COL WIDTH=143*> <THEAD> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=44%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Zoom Selection (Select Zoom)</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></DD></DL> </TD> <TD WIDTH=56%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Direct selection of the display zoom .</FONT></FONT></DD></DL> </TD> </TR> </THEAD> <TBODY> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=44%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Grid Selection (Grid Select)</B></FONT></FONT></FONT></DD></DL> </TD> <TD WIDTH=56%> <DL> <DD><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Direct selection of the grid. </FONT></FONT> </DD></DL> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><A NAME="_Ref411866944"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>4.5.4 - Toolbar</B></FONT></FONT></FONT><P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m7e427ed3.png" NAME="Image1" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=164 HEIGHT=27 BORDER=0><P LANG="fr-FR"> <BR> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=4 CELLSPACING=0> <COL WIDTH=47*> <COL WIDTH=209*> <THEAD> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=18%> <P LANG="fr-FR"><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m1f2a82d2.png" NAME="Image2" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=82%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Display Options</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </THEAD> <TBODY> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=18%> <P LANG="fr-FR"><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_5c0e6601.png" NAME="Image3" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=94 HEIGHT=24 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=82%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Zoom Level</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP> <TD WIDTH=18%> <P LANG="fr-FR"><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m710c0eda.png" NAME="Image4" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=25 HEIGHT=22 BORDER=0></TD> <TD WIDTH=82%> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>3D Display</FONT></FONT></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H3 LANG="fr-FR"><A NAME="4.5.4. 3D Display|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT FACE="Arial">4.5.4 - <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT COLOR="#000080">3D Display</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></H3> </DL> </DL> </DL> </DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_6eae571a.png" NAME="Image5" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=468 HEIGHT=395 BORDER=0><DL> <DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="5.Associating components with footprints|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>5 - Associating components with footprints</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="5.1.Principle|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>5.1 - Principle</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>In the footprint window double-click on the name of the desired <B>footprint</B> (This name is <B>highlighted)</B>, to assign it the <B>component</B> whose name is <B>highlighted on the central line</B> of the component window. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The next component in the list is selected:</FONT></FONT></DL> <UL> <LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Automatically after an assignment.</FONT></FONT><LI><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Manually using the mouse or cursor keys.</FONT></FONT></UL> <DL> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="5.2.Assignment|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>5.2 - Assignment</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Double- click the <B>left mouse button </B>on the desired <B>footprint</B> </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="5.3.Changing an existing assignment|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>5.3 - Changing an existing assignment</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>This is done like a new assignment: </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Double-click the <B>left mouse button</B> on the new desired <B>footprint</B> </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="5.4.Filtering the footprint list:|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>5.4 - Filtering the footprint list:</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>If the selected component has an allowed footprint list, the displayed footprint list in Cvpcb is filtered according to this list.</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Without filtering:</FONT></FONT></DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_3ad74e38.png" NAME="Image10" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=622 HEIGHT=504 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>With filtering:</FONT></FONT></DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_46963029.png" NAME="Image11" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=621 HEIGHT=505 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <BR> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Under Eeschema, the allowed footprint list was:</FONT></FONT></DL> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=CENTER> <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m7717e802.png" NAME="Image12" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=535 HEIGHT=413 BORDER=0><DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The icone <IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_66ed9576.png" NAME="Image13" ALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH=46 HEIGHT=25 BORDER=0> allows or .forbids the filtering</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>When the filtering is not allowed, the full footprint list is shown.</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <BR> <DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="6.Equivalence files|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>6 - Equivalence files</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="6.1.Purpose|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>6.1 - Purpose</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>These files allow automatic assignment. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>They give the name of the corresponding footprint according to the name (value) of the component. </FONT></FONT> <DL> <DD><H2 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY><A NAME="6.2.Format|outline"></A> <FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>6.2 - Format</FONT></FONT></FONT></H2> </DL> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>They consist of a line for each component. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Each line has the following structure: </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>'component name' 'footprint name'</B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Each name being framed by the letter '<B>,</B> the 2 names being separated by one or more spaces. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><I>Example:</I> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>If the U3 component is circuit 14011 and its footprint is 14DIP300, the line is: </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR">“<FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>14011” “14DIP300”</FONT></FONT><DD><H1 LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=JUSTIFY> <A NAME="7.Back- annotation file|outline"></A><FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=4>7 - Back- annotation file</FONT></FONT></FONT></H1> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>This a file can be used for back- annotation of a schematic but is not used by PCBNEW. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>It consists of a line for each component, giving the name of the footprint according to its reference. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3><B>Example:</B> </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>If the <B>U3</B> component was assigned the footprint14DIP300, the generated line is </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>comp “U3” = footprint “14DIP300”</FONT></FONT><DT><P LANG="fr-FR"> <FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>The file created has the root name of the CVPCB input file, with extension <B><I>.stf</I></B>, and is placed in the same folder as the generated netlist. </FONT></FONT> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><BR> <DT><P LANG="fr-FR"><BR> </DL> <DIV TYPE=FOOTER> <P LANG="fr-FR" ALIGN=RIGHT><IMG SRC="cvpcb-en_html_m39b7bc1b.gif" NAME="Cadre1" ALT="Cadre1" ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=25 HEIGHT=2><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=3>Page <SDFIELD TYPE=PAGE SUBTYPE=RANDOM FORMAT=PAGE>10</SDFIELD> / <SDFIELD TYPE=DOCSTAT SUBTYPE=PAGE FORMAT=PAGE>10</SDFIELD></FONT></FONT><BR CLEAR=RIGHT> </DIV> </BODY> </HTML>