Rectangular via-rectangular hole
Hi! I want to put a rectangular hole for soldering a the metallic case of a sliding switch to the board. How do you (any of you) would do this? Ive solved with overlapping some rectangular pads, but i
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JPD Borgna <jpborgna@...>
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#43
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Component Pins
It would be nice to get rid of the bubbles at the end of the pins in the component symbol(schematic), once the connection has been made. The bubbles will then serve as an indication of an unconnected
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Royce Pereira
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#42
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Sheet Numbers
Does any one know how to renumber the sheets? I want them in a different order. Thanks! Saludos, Juan Pablo. -- Juan Pablo Daniel Borgna -- Tcnico Electrnico INTI-Electrnica e Informtica Direccin:
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JPD Borgna <jpborgna@...>
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#41
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Re: Cota horizontal lines missing
jpborgna@... wrote: I found in how-to-build-kicad.txt this: Patch wxWidgets (wxGTK version) patch for Arcs drawings wxGTK-2.6.1/src/gtk/dcclient.cpp line 604 if
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JPD Borgna <jpborgna@...>
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#40
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Grid (again)
Hi, Some more on the grid.. 1. The snap to grid need only work when placing components or wiring, other wise the cursor may move & select items finely. For example, if I set a wire label text size to
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Royce Pereira
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#39
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Grids
I really feel the selectable grids(schematic capture) should be in proportion to each other. Presently it is 50, 20, 10,5 etc. So if one is using a grid of 20, and then switches to 50(which exists in
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Royce Pereira
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#38
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Re: Kicad new user- some observations
I have been saving my projects in different folders just fine. If you have project specific libraries, after including a library, save the config in the project folder (default). then next time you
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crw2148 <waterbuffalo18@...>
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Kicad new user- some observations
Hi all, I'm a new Kicad user. It's a great effort by the designers- congratulations & thanks! Here are my observations/suggestions. 1. It seems Kicad needs all the projects to be in the kicad folder.
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Royce Pereira
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#36
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Cota horizontal lines missing
Hello all! Ive created gerber files for my board and found that the horizontal lines of the cotas are missing. Another thing i found is when printing that gerber it srhinks. When plotting to postcript
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jpborgna@...
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#35
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Fill zone angle
Hi, I tried to create a zone which I fill with copper pour. It work good except when there are 45 deg. angles, where the pour appear as stair steps. I was able to modify it in the gerber by adding a
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Tonamiben <tonamiben@...>
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Re: Pads-PCB netlist
Benoit Leveille a ¨¦crit : First thank you to set up this nice group, and a big thank to mr Charras for the generosity of sharing this software to the world. I saw on Kicad web site in the news folder
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jean-pierre charras - INPG <jean-pierre.charras@...>
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Hi from new user.
Hi; I downloaded kicad on the weekend and am trying it out right now. It looks good this far, took me only a couple of hours to edit and print a simple circuit. I'm editing a library with favourite
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YD
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#32
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Pads-PCB netlist
First thank you to set up this nice group, and a big thank to mr Charras for the generosity of sharing this software to the world. I saw on Kicad web site in the news folder that it is now possible to
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Benoit Leveille <tonamiben@...>
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#31
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Re: some questions
Yes, Pedro I know how to make ALL letters of a pin name overlined but I only want SOME letters of the pin name overlined. like if i made a name: ~MCLR/VPP <- how would i get MCLR to be overlined but
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crw2148 <waterbuffalo18@...>
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Re: some questions
Hi Ryan: Yes, just make ~ the very first character of the name. And RTFM :-) Regards, Pedro.
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Pedro Mart¨ªn del Valle <pmartin@...>
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#29
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suggestions_1 from costasloop
Suggestions: First, the program is very impressive, and please take the suggestions as a compliment (users would not bother to ponder/suggest for poor SW). I apologize in advance if a suggestion is
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costasloop <costasloop@...>
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#28
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Re: Some Additional Thoughts
Thanks to everyone for responding to my questions Regards, Eric
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Eric Haskell [KC4YOE]
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some questions
hi, I just starting using kicad about a week ago. a few questions: 1. in eeschema lib editor, is it possible to make some letters of a pin name overlined (active low) and some not? for example
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crw2148 <waterbuffalo18@...>
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Re: design of spiral track or circle in copper with kicad
Hello Ambrosio! <ambroise_1999@y...> wrote: Kicad? A trick? - set grid to very small. - in General Options unselec the check box tracks 45 only and segments 45 only. - construct your spiral with small
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Renie <reniemarquet@...>
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Re: Some Additional Thoughts
Hello Eric! I'll try help more a bit.. not need edit the pad, right click the new pad and select New Pad Settings in pop-up menu. I the steeps after changes are (in order): - save the part into
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Renie <reniemarquet@...>
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#24
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