I don't have a problem with creating new parts. Faily easy after a little practice. sgsawant will have to say what he/she wants. I do prefer to use the...
I just got an email from my board vendor who said my step and repeat had a discrepancy between the gerber files and the drill file. Seems that the two are...
... Oh, I almost forgot. I didn't catch this error because GC Preview only displays one copy of the board when the gerber file specifies step and repeat....
I was bitten by the "forbidden" page again! I have to remember to copy the text of my posts before I hit the button! I tried five times to post to the FreePCB...
sorry if newb question... is there anyway of creating a freepcb library out of a eagle library. some converter or something. Sparkfun.com provides a library...
Had a look at the Eagle library format after exporting as a *.scr file. It looks theoretically possible to do a conversion of the footprint sections to be...
... a eagle library. I am not a seasoned old veteran with PCB layout, but I have talked to a lot of them. For the most part people build their own footprints....
The FreePCB web site is down or at least incredibly slow. I know Allan has been having some troubles with his provider. They seem to continually fix...
Very strange. It works for me too if I use Netscape instead of Firefox. But every other web site works in Firefox... At least I haven't missed anything... ...
I restarted FF and the FreePCB site started working again. I have never seen FF do that before. Any other site worked ok, but when I tried to refresh or...
FreePCB website won't let me post this ====================================== Hello again, I wrote the original program bcause the facility did not exist in ...
Hi Allan, Yes work does get in the way sometimes - that's why I ended up posting after midnight (local time). The simple system where the board is renumbered...
Yes, this is a difficult subject to discuss by messages at all, much less trying to keep them short at the same time. I am going to reply to what I think is...
I lost another post to the dreaded "Forbidden - You don't have permission to access to this document on this server." error. I lost the post, but I guess I can...
Since Allan has included the FpcROUTE executable in the combined update for some time now, some newer users may not have downloaded the FpcROUTE distribution...
... FpcROUTE ... section ... While ... Bruce, Thanks for all the good work you have put into this. I was not able to get any value from the router, but I can...
OK, maybe it's time to move the FreePCB website to your server, if the offer is still open. I'll contact the vendor of the Forum software and see if they have...
You can 'move' the dialog box from the title bar menu with the arrow keys (at least with XP) off-screen and see what is in hidden parts but you can't do...
... Under Win2k I just get an outline of the dialog. I think this is something that changed with XP. ... Yes, but moves are used *repeatedly* and I find the...
Hi Rick, Win Me does the same as Win XP - Check 'Show window contents while moving' in 'Display Properties/Effects' to change from outline move. I can only...
... I am not the guy who is having the problem with the dialog. I was just trying to help out. I am happy with the ghost on moving windows. I expect it is...
Dear Rick, The comment about display was to indicate why we are different not a recommendation to change. Sorry for confusion. If your screen resolution is...
I couldn't get my reply to post at the forum, so I am posting it here. This is in reply to ShellReef. ... This is exactly why I don't trust any external...
Samtec is a good place to start (as gnuarm said) otherwise something here or similar may be useful if you're really stuck. FISCHER ELEKTRONIK MK201/100Z (2 row...
I'm able to sign-in ok, but when I preview a post, or actually post a message, I get a "access denied... forbidden" message. I'll try again in a few days....
... This has been going on for quite a while. You don't need to wait a few days. Bruce made a post saying the cause may be some attempted hacking overloading...
I tried posting this at the FreePCB website, but it was doing the "Forbidden" thing again today. I had a conversation today with my assembly house about two...