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Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2015 12:06:25 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] my confusion re differing pad numbers and names (pcb)
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> After converting it to an element, I notice (by pressing D while 
> hovering over them) that the 13 pads are numbered arbitrarily, probably 
> in order of creation.

Yes, order of creation.

> I can assign each pad with the preferred names/numbers to match the pad 
> naming convention for my design, but I don't know if this is going to 
> confuse matters later? Hopefully gsch2pcb will sort things out?

After doing that, edit the footprint file with a text editor and make
the "other" value the same as the one you changed.  The one you can
change inside pcb is generally the pin name, but the pin number is
what gsc2pcb et al are interested in.

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