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Back annotate a copy/pasted part from PCB Editor to Capture?

sk5150

I'm wondering if there is a way to back annotate a part from PCB Editor to Capture. For example I want to copy/paste a mounting hole already on the board in PCB Editor. When I do it shows E* as the refdes since it is not connected to anything. Is there a way to push that change back to Capture to where it will  just place it on the schematic and I can rename the refdes or is the only way to edit the schematic and push to PCB Editor? I'm using 17.2. 

Thanks

  • excellon1
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    Hi, things are not designed to work this way.

    While you can forward annotate from the schematic it is not possible to back annotate from the pcb editor to place a new symbol on the schematic. The actual symbol has to exist on the schematic first.

    For your mounting hole the best method is to have a symbol on the schematic for it that maps to your mounting hole footprint on your pcb.

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