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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:04:18 +0100
From: "Matt Rhys-Roberts (matt DOT rhys-roberts AT envinsci DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: [geda-user] my confusion re differing pad numbers and names (pcb)
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I've created a symbol with 13 pads in pcb, and it seems to convert to an 
element quite well.

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.

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?

Should I edit the footprint file to make the initial ("wrong") pad 
numbers match the desired pad numbering? Am I worrying too much?!

Thanks,
Matt.