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Re: Vias on zones

fluissman
 

Hola Pedro,

cuando colocas la via con la opcion 'A?adir pista o via', le das a la
tecla derecha del raton y una de las opciones es 'Seleccionar par de
capas para las vias'. Precisamente te da a escoger la de componentes y
la de cobre... espero que sea esto lo que preguntas...

un saludo.... por cierto, la traduccion esta de PM...

Sorry for all the rest... but my English is not very good...

bye


Fernando


--- In kicad-users@..., Pedro Mart¨ªn del Valle
<pmartin@p...> wrote:

Hi list,

I am trying to connect 2 GND-zones, one on the components layer and
the other
one on the copper layer, using vias.

Can anyone tell me how to put this vias?

Is there a way to attach a zone with a net?

thank you,

Pedro.


Vias on zones

Pedro Mart¨ªn del Valle
 

Hi list,

I am trying to connect 2 GND-zones, one on the components layer and the other
one on the copper layer, using vias.

Can anyone tell me how to put this vias?

Is there a way to attach a zone with a net?

thank you,

Pedro.


Error loading a library...

fluissman
 

hi,

when I try to load my own library (a library created by me...... ),
it popups a window with this message: "Error in X DRAW command in line
17, aborted". Then, the library is loaded but it deletes some pins....
Anybody knows which happens?

thanks, hasta luego...


fernando


Creating BOM in Kicad

hmistry494
 

Hello guys i am an Orcad 386 plus user and i am experimenting with
Kicad. I would like some help with the BOM generated by Kicad.
I would like to know if it is possible to include other fields in my
BOM as well as the 2 default referance and value.
Thanks in advance
Harish Mistry


Re: EAGLE to KiCAD conversion problem

R. Michael Sharkey
 

This is a known problem with the eagle ULP script. Hopefully one day, someone
will fix it. :)

--Mike

On Sunday 30 October 2005 06:43 am, sp7dqr wrote:
Hi,
in refer to my previous mail, I found a problem.

ULP procedure generates pads layer as '0000000', e.g.

At STD N 00000000

Normally (in KiCAD mod files) all modules have pads placed on
00E0FFFF layer, e.g.

At STD N 00E0FFFF

So, if I changed all lines from At STD N 00000000 to At STD N
00E0FFFF all pads are in right colour and they are printing on the
PCB.

Regards,

Marek
--
Regards,

Mike Sharkey


Bradford, Ontario
CANADA


Re: EESCHEMA enhancements-what I'd find useful.

Mitch Bradley
 

mrbeokay wrote:

--- In kicad-users@..., Mitch Bradley <wmb@a...> wrote:

yajeed2000 wrote:

Hi,
Just some thoughts on possible enhancements for eeschema.

1/Rubber banding of the wires when moving components.
This feature already exists - just use "Drag Block" to move the
components. Select a component by dragging a box with the left mouse
button down. Then right-click and choose "Drag Block"
Hi,
It would also be nice to be able to move the "node's" of the wires and
break them just like the tracks in pcbnew, so you don't end up with
diagonal wires. Maybe I've missed this function but now when I drag a
component the above sugested way I have to redraw al wires to make
things look nice again.
If your selection box includes some nodes, they will be move with the component. In many cases this will achieve the desired result.

Sometimes it is difficult to find a rectangle that encompasses exactly the desired set of objects, but the feature is nevertheless very useful.

You can also use this feature to move just the ends of wires, or wire segments.


Re: EESCHEMA enhancements-what I'd find useful.

mrbeokay
 

--- In kicad-users@..., Mitch Bradley <wmb@a...> wrote:

yajeed2000 wrote:

Hi,
Just some thoughts on possible enhancements for eeschema.

1/Rubber banding of the wires when moving components.
This feature already exists - just use "Drag Block" to move the
components. Select a component by dragging a box with the left mouse
button down. Then right-click and choose "Drag Block"
Hi,
It would also be nice to be able to move the "node's" of the wires and
break them just like the tracks in pcbnew, so you don't end up with
diagonal wires. Maybe I've missed this function but now when I drag a
component the above sugested way I have to redraw al wires to make
things look nice again.

greetings, Arjan


Re: EAGLE to KiCAD conversion problem

sp7dqr
 

Hi,
I made a changes in new mod file, converted from EAGLE library.

If you opened new xxx.mod file, each pad description looks like:

$PAD
Sh "3" R 700 2000 0 0 0
Dr 0 0 0
At STD N 00000000
Ne 0 ""
Po 0 1000
$EndPAD

I changed a line At STD N 00000000 to
At STD N 00E0FFFF.

00E0FFFF I took from test module pads I can created.

I found a line in ULP file , where At ... is generated, but I don't
know, what to change.
Thanks
Marek


--- In kicad-users@..., Luis Sanchez <fluissman@y...>
wrote:

Hi,

where do you make this changes? into de ULP file?...

thanks, bye


--- sp7dqr <sp7dqr@s...> escribi¨®:


---------------------------------
Hi,
in refer to my previous mail, I found a problem.

ULP procedure generates pads layer as '0000000', e.g.

At STD N 00000000

Normally (in KiCAD mod files) all modules have pads
placed on
00E0FFFF layer, e.g.

At STD N 00E0FFFF

So, if I changed all lines from At STD N 00000000 to
At STD N
00E0FFFF all pads are in right colour and they are
printing on the
PCB.

Regards,

Marek



--- In kicad-users@..., "sp7dqr"
<sp7dqr@s...> wrote:

Hi,
I want to convert conn_subd library from EABLE to
KiCAD using ULP,
and
I have a problem with pads in converted modules.
Pads in converted modules have different colours
then all other
pads in
KiCAD modules and it is no possible to edit them. I
don't know
names of
colours, but if normal pads have khaki? colour, then
converted pads
have like grey colour. When I switch off "Show
Modules Cmp", all
pads
(kicad and converted from EAGLE) are not visibled.
New pads are not printing during PCB
printing/ploting.
Can anybody help me? It is configuration problem or
something
other? I
looked to mod file, but I didn't see any differences
in comparision
with KiCAD mod files.

Regards,
Marek





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Re: EAGLE to KiCAD conversion problem

Luis Sanchez
 

Hi,

where do you make this changes? into de ULP file?...

thanks, bye


--- sp7dqr <sp7dqr@...> escribi:


---------------------------------
Hi,
in refer to my previous mail, I found a problem.

ULP procedure generates pads layer as '0000000', e.g.

At STD N 00000000

Normally (in KiCAD mod files) all modules have pads
placed on
00E0FFFF layer, e.g.

At STD N 00E0FFFF

So, if I changed all lines from At STD N 00000000 to
At STD N
00E0FFFF all pads are in right colour and they are
printing on the
PCB.

Regards,

Marek



--- In kicad-users@..., "sp7dqr"
<sp7dqr@s...> wrote:

Hi,
I want to convert conn_subd library from EABLE to
KiCAD using ULP,
and
I have a problem with pads in converted modules.
Pads in converted modules have different colours
then all other
pads in
KiCAD modules and it is no possible to edit them. I
don't know
names of
colours, but if normal pads have khaki? colour, then
converted pads
have like grey colour. When I switch off "Show
Modules Cmp", all
pads
(kicad and converted from EAGLE) are not visibled.
New pads are not printing during PCB
printing/ploting.
Can anybody help me? It is configuration problem or
something
other? I
looked to mod file, but I didn't see any differences
in comparision
with KiCAD mod files.

Regards,
Marek





Please contribute your symbols and modules to the
library folder in the group files section.



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Re: EESCHEMA enhancements-what I'd find useful.

Ian bell
 

yajeed2000 wrote:
Hi,
Just some thoughts on possible enhancements for eeschema.
1/Rubber banding of the wires when moving components.
Don't know about this one. It can be more trouble than it is worth.

2/Highlight net to show pin labels that are connnected electrically
across a schematic.
That would be usefull especially where using labels to connect.

Ian


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Re: EESCHEMA enhancements-what I'd find useful.

Mitch Bradley
 

yajeed2000 wrote:

Hi,
Just some thoughts on possible enhancements for eeschema.

1/Rubber banding of the wires when moving components.
This feature already exists - just use "Drag Block" to move the components. Select a component by dragging a box with the left mouse button down. Then right-click and choose "Drag Block".

Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key during the drag-select step.

2/Highlight net to show pin labels that are connnected electrically
across a schematic.


EESCHEMA enhancements-what I'd find useful.

yajeed2000
 

Hi,
Just some thoughts on possible enhancements for eeschema.

1/Rubber banding of the wires when moving components.
2/Highlight net to show pin labels that are connnected electrically
across a schematic.

What does everyone else think?

David.


Re: Regarding ORCAD libraries

Adilson Oliveira
 

sham917 escreveu:
Hello everyone,

I am new to the group, I must first of all give a big thank you to Mr.
Jean-Pierre Charras, the man who created this wonderful program and
decided to make it available for free to everyone. I do have a few
suggestions for small improvements but I will get to that in a
different message.

I have access to ORCAD rel 9.2 and the older DOS version that I use at
work. I also have the ability to convert all of the newer ORCAD
library files into the older type ORCAD library files and from there
convert them for use as a KICAD library file. My question is can I
legally convert these files and post them in our group file section?
Would I be infringing on any ORCAD copyrights by doing this? I would
really like to help everyone out with good library files, but I also
do not want to leave myself liable.

The quicker someone can respond, the sooner I can start converting...
it will take a while as the process is pretty involved.
Hi.

INAL, but AFAIK, mostly deppends where you are. You should read Orcad
license but, again, depending where you are, it can't be enforced. For
instance, here in Brazil, I think this would be considered fair use as
no profit is intended.

[]s

Adilson.


Libraries

Ian bell
 

I understand how eschema uses a symbol library for the components on a schematic and also how to add my own symbols. Then when I run cvpcb to asscociate footprints with those symbols I am OK with adding my own footprint library and saving the config. What puzzles me is that when I then open pcbnew, it does not know about the footprint libraries I assigned in cvpcb and I have to config pcbnew to add my own footprint library and save the config else the netlist produces errors when it is input. Am I doing something wrong or is there a good reason for this?

Ian

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Re: EAGLE to KiCAD conversion problem

sp7dqr
 

Hi,
in refer to my previous mail, I found a problem.

ULP procedure generates pads layer as '0000000', e.g.

At STD N 00000000

Normally (in KiCAD mod files) all modules have pads placed on
00E0FFFF layer, e.g.

At STD N 00E0FFFF

So, if I changed all lines from At STD N 00000000 to At STD N
00E0FFFF all pads are in right colour and they are printing on the
PCB.

Regards,

Marek



--- In kicad-users@..., "sp7dqr" <sp7dqr@s...> wrote:

Hi,
I want to convert conn_subd library from EABLE to KiCAD using ULP,
and
I have a problem with pads in converted modules.
Pads in converted modules have different colours then all other
pads in
KiCAD modules and it is no possible to edit them. I don't know
names of
colours, but if normal pads have khaki? colour, then converted pads
have like grey colour. When I switch off "Show Modules Cmp", all
pads
(kicad and converted from EAGLE) are not visibled.
New pads are not printing during PCB printing/ploting.
Can anybody help me? It is configuration problem or something
other? I
looked to mod file, but I didn't see any differences in comparision
with KiCAD mod files.

Regards,
Marek


Re: Regarding ORCAD libraries

Mitch Bradley
 

I doubt that anyone will be willing to give you a legal opinion on this issue. Nobody else wants to be liable either.

Perhaps you should read the license agreement that comes with Orcad.

sham917 wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am new to the group, I must first of all give a big thank you to Mr.
Jean-Pierre Charras, the man who created this wonderful program and
decided to make it available for free to everyone. I do have a few
suggestions for small improvements but I will get to that in a
different message.

I have access to ORCAD rel 9.2 and the older DOS version that I use at
work. I also have the ability to convert all of the newer ORCAD
library files into the older type ORCAD library files and from there
convert them for use as a KICAD library file. My question is can I
legally convert these files and post them in our group file section?
Would I be infringing on any ORCAD copyrights by doing this? I would
really like to help everyone out with good library files, but I also
do not want to leave myself liable.

The quicker someone can respond, the sooner I can start converting...
it will take a while as the process is pretty involved.

Thank You,
-Sham





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Regarding ORCAD libraries

 

Hello everyone,

I am new to the group, I must first of all give a big thank you to Mr.
Jean-Pierre Charras, the man who created this wonderful program and
decided to make it available for free to everyone. I do have a few
suggestions for small improvements but I will get to that in a
different message.

I have access to ORCAD rel 9.2 and the older DOS version that I use at
work. I also have the ability to convert all of the newer ORCAD
library files into the older type ORCAD library files and from there
convert them for use as a KICAD library file. My question is can I
legally convert these files and post them in our group file section?
Would I be infringing on any ORCAD copyrights by doing this? I would
really like to help everyone out with good library files, but I also
do not want to leave myself liable.

The quicker someone can respond, the sooner I can start converting...
it will take a while as the process is pretty involved.

Thank You,
-Sham


EAGLE to KiCAD conversion problem

sp7dqr
 

Hi,
I want to convert conn_subd library from EABLE to KiCAD using ULP, and
I have a problem with pads in converted modules.
Pads in converted modules have different colours then all other pads in
KiCAD modules and it is no possible to edit them. I don't know names of
colours, but if normal pads have khaki? colour, then converted pads
have like grey colour. When I switch off "Show Modules Cmp", all pads
(kicad and converted from EAGLE) are not visibled.
New pads are not printing during PCB printing/ploting.
Can anybody help me? It is configuration problem or something other? I
looked to mod file, but I didn't see any differences in comparision
with KiCAD mod files.

Regards,
Marek


Re: Printing problem

sp7dqr
 

Hi,
thanks for all sugestions.
I tested PCB printing using GSView with Ghostscript programs
(printing from PS file generated from Plot menu) and printing with
free PDF995 printer driver (printing from Print menu to the PDF file
and next printing it from Acrobat Reader) with very good results.
Both methods are good.
Regards,
Marek

--- In kicad-users@..., "sp7dqr" <sp7dqr@s...> wrote:

Hi all.
I am a new on the list, so I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Marek, I am radioamateur - my call is SP7DQR.
For this time I used EAGLE program for my hobby electronics
projects.

My first project in KiCAD is USB to RS232 interface (specially as
CI-
V CAT interface for ICOM radios).

I have no problem with KiCAD use (help and tests), but I stoped on
the PCB printing.
I must set 1.577 scale to print PCB in proper size. It is no
problem,
but there is a line through all page (and through PCB image, too).
I
use thermocopy method to make PCBs, so this error disqualify KiCAD
to
use.
Is any other way to print PCB ?

I use WinXP SE PL, HP InkJet 2500 and Xerox Laser Printer.

Regards,

Marek


Re: Printing problem

amhugo
 

--- In kicad-users@..., Ian bell <ianbell@u...> wrote:

amhugo wrote:
My question is, what program do you use to print a "postscript file"
once you have saved it to disc.
I tried ghostview on win 98 but it doesn't operate, just runs an
invisible window and stalls.

Thanks, Tony
I am not sure I can be much help because I run Linux. On Linux you
just open the .pd file with the file manager and click on print.
Alternatively from the command line just type

lpr filename.ps

And away it goes to the default printer.
Yeah, neat.


Ghostscript is an integral part of printing on many linux distros so
printing postscript files is handled automatically. Ghostscript and
Ghostview in their 'pure' form are a bit outdated and on my systen
ghsotscript is replaced by espgs (ESP ghostscript) whcih is designed
to operate closely with CUPS (common unix printing system) to provide
up to date postscript support to non postscript printers. See
for details.

Unfortunately I do not know what the equivalent is in Windows or even
if it is as advanced as the Linux support for postscript. This
suprises me as postscript is a mature and much used format.

Ian
Thanks for the comments. I still intend to try this out in Linux as
soon as I install the HP printer drivers.

Regards, Tony

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