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sch-rnd tutorial

The official sch-rnd video tutorial consists of three chapters:

• a longer "getting started" episode which serves as the backbone
• a series of short episodes that assume the base episodes and previos eposides has been watched
• a collection of independent episodes, each demonstrating a set of features, assuming only chapter 1 and 2 are watched

After watching all episodes of chapter 1, you will be able to use sch-rnd on beginner level, for drawing simple circuits for the PCB workflow. After watching chapter 2 you will be able to use sch-rnd in intermediate level, much more efficiently, for more complex designs for the PCB workflow. Advanced topics and non-PCB workflows are covered in chapter 3, which should be watched selectively, on a per topic basis.

Chapter 1: getting started

(18 minutes)

Blinking LED board (also on youtube)

Topics covered:

• symbol placement,
• wiring,
• attributes,
• devmaps for pinout,
• export netlist,
• export to postscript and png.

Chapter 2: using sch-rnd

(1..5 minutes each)

1. using the crosshair to line things up (also on youtube)
2. using undo and redo, undo list (also on youtube)
3. Selections & layers (also on youtube)
4. Operations on objects vs. selection (also on youtube)
5. Paste buffers (also on youtube)
6. Sheet decorations
7. Text
   • Text objects (also on youtube)
   • Dyntext for printing attribute values (also on youtube)
   • Text alignment (also on youtube)
8. Custom groups (also on youtube)
9. Drawing polygons: polygon conversion from objects (also on youtube)
10. Networks, wiring
    • creating a network 6 different ways (also on youtube)
11. Handling pinouts with generic symbols (the "transistor problem")
    • creating a devmap (also on youtube)
    • creating a portmap (also on youtube)
    • creating a heavy symbol (pin numbers hardwired; also on youtube)
12. Editing metadata
    • Using propedit to mass-modify multiple objects (also on youtube)
    • The property editor (also on youtube)
    • The attribute editor: basics, scalar attributes (also on youtube)
    • The attribute editor: array attributes (also on youtube)
    • Tree view: concrete model browser (also on youtube)
    • Abstract model navigation (also on youtube)
13. Pens (color & font) (also on youtube)
14. Creating new symbols (GUI) (also on youtube)
15. Creating symbol terminals (GUI) (also on youtube)
16. Exporting data
    • Export to ps/png: sheet (also on youtube)
    • Export to ps/png: project (also on youtube)
17. Multisheet projects
    • Implicit projects (flat multisheet with no project file) (also on youtube)
    • Explicit projects (flat multisheet with no project file) (also on youtube)

Chapter 3: advanced topics

• Preferences dialog
  • app-specific tabs (also on youtube)
  • config tree tab (also on youtube)
• attribute override using priorities (also on youtube)
• multi-pin portmaps: when a single terminal is multiple physical pins, e.g. single MOSFET in 8 pin package (also on youtube)
• back annotation from pcb-rnd (also on youtube)
• effective attribute editing : mass-propedit and auto renumber (also on youtube)
• sheet-local libs
  • local (symbol) library (also on youtube)
  • Devmap local library (also on youtube)

Chapter 4: Multipart, written tutorials

• Circuit simulation (SPICE)