Cadstar Help - how to merge two different designs into one PCB?

Jul 14, 2006 3 Replies
M

Hi all, I am really hoping that a Cadstar guru out there can help me with this problem.



I have two different schematics, each with their own unique PCB. I want to combine the two existing PCB layouts into a single new PCB layout.



Here's the problem: there are common component designators between both schematics. For example, there is a diode D1 in schematic/PCB #1, and a diode D1 also in schematic/PCB #2. This is the case for several hundred component designators on both boards.



I've tried to combine the two schematics together, which changes the component designators for schematic #2. As a result, when I try to stitch the two PCB layouts together, I'm unable to generate an ECO update, since the component designators no longer match.



Has anybody had this problem before? I'd appreciate *any* feedback that might help me solve this problem.



Thanks in advance, minus3db



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J

Maybe do it with a Gerber editor, just paste them both into a common file?

Jim

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But surely he can't keep duplicate references on the final board - how will the assemblers know which R1 is which?

Geo

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One would asume that it is two separate PCBs, that is just combined to make manufacturing cheaper.

Regards Anton Erasmus

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