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Larry Bradley

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Don't want to import some TinyCad parts
Jan 11^th, 2022 at 9:53pm

I have a design that has some components off-board (e.g. pots, switches, LEDs ... I use connectors to connect these devices to the board, thus the VeeCad layout shows the connectors. But I would like to show the off-board devices on the TinyCad schematic so that I have a schematic off the entire project.

I tried using the idea of another member of deleting some tracks to make an empty space and placing the off-board components there after importing. But that disables routing.
A nice way handling this would be for TinyCad to allow me to specify a "don't export" option for a component, and I plan on asking the TinyCad developers about this. But is there any way to do this in VeeCad?
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Re: Don't want to import some TinyCad parts
Reply #1 - Jan 12^th, 2022 at 1:47am

My solution is to put connectors on the schematic and add say an external pot or switch as a TinyCAD drawing using lines and shapes. That way TinyCAD ignores the drawing when creating the netlist and bill of materials but the human eye can see what connects where. I would draw a potentiometer with 3 lines going near the connector as an indication of what will go there. The drawing looks different to the TinyCAD wires and components and I don't confuse them.

Also relates to our earlier forum thread: https://veecad.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1434403431

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