Hi, a few weeks ago I started drawing some symbols and footprints for current projects. For several reasons, starting with "I'd like to get the practice", I...
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keruseykaryu
May 1, 2012 11:28 am
... Hello. IMHO your library symbols are too big, especially pins which are too long. Standard KiCad libraries which are distributed with, also have this...
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rogtronics
May 1, 2012 4:18 pm
Has anyone eperience trouble using Kicad with new Ubuntu 12.04 ? I heard from the gEDA group that they are experiencing weird problems. I was hoping to...
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Dan Andersson
dlea5098
May 1, 2012 5:19 pm
Not yet, BUT! I'm merely doing maintenance right now. I will design a new PCB later this week ( Friday - Saturday ). Wait. //dan On Tue, 01 May 2012 16:18:50...
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keruseykaryu
May 1, 2012 5:29 pm
... I have Ubuntu 12.04LTS installed on virtual machine under Windows 7. A couple of days ago I successfully compiled KiCad BZR3536 from scratch. I didn't...
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Moses McKnight
moses_mcknight
May 1, 2012 6:06 pm
I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 (Ubuntu without the terrible Unity interface), and haven't seen any problems with Kicad so far. Moses...
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Oliver Kirsch
okirsch
May 1, 2012 8:26 pm
... I'm not using Ubuntu, but Debian Testing with Gnome 3 which is, as far as I'm concerned, a possible desktop on Ubuntu 12.04, too. Sometimes my graphical...
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Mitch
mitch_davis
May 2, 2012 3:15 am
... Is the X server on your computer using unaccelerated graphics? KiCad can trigger a known crash problem in the X server with unaccelerated graphics. I...
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Charles Goyard
charles_goyard
May 2, 2012 7:25 am
... Note that there's another bug in the (iirc) intel graphics driver that also blows X away when zooming/panning. It's supposed to be fixed since 2008 but it...
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Mitch
mitch_davis
May 2, 2012 7:33 am
... Hi Charles, Can you point me to any web pages specifically about this bug? Thanks, Mitch....
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Olivier Gautherot
ogautherot
May 2, 2012 7:39 am
Hi Marc! You get my vote too. Ideally, it could be added to the Gerber generator, as well as mirror, on a file by file basis. Cheers Olivier ... -- Olivier...
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Dan Andersson
dlea5098
May 2, 2012 7:39 am
I use 3256 and 12.04 and without that Unity... Even 3D works great. Even LinuxCNC ( EMC2 ) works ( with the old RTAI ) so the 12.04 stays on my boxes. //Dan On...
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Olivier Gautherot
ogautherot
May 2, 2012 7:39 am
Chris, It sounds like the spam is coming from Israel (took some time to decode the email header...) The antivirus may not be the fix. Actually, it happened to...
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AW
a_wolfie
May 2, 2012 4:11 pm
I have used Bable3D website to translate to 3DS which you can import into Wings. www.babel3d.com <http://www.babel3d.com> Recently they began charging $0.99...
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Robert
brownbrummig
May 2, 2012 4:22 pm
Try BRL-CAD. Use iges-g followed by g-stl. Try both binary (-b option) and ascii options if Wings baulks at the STL format. Regards, Robert. ... -- ()...
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Aaron Wolfe
a_wolfie
May 2, 2012 7:38 pm
I think I found a bug in KiCAD. I am using it on a Windows 7 x64 machine, KidCAD version (2012-01-19 BZR 3256). I was adding a new schematic module. I...
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pernils_tees
May 3, 2012 7:28 am
I have succesfully used the stl file format ... From solid egde -> export to stl -> wings import and export to wrml In kicad I must sett the scale to 0,4 on...
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Steve M
dirtyvalentine
May 3, 2012 10:13 am
Hi Guys, I'm on Windows 7 Kicad build 2011-11-27 BZR3249 Stable. When I copy a project to a flash drive (using tortoise SVN or just Windows copy), point Kicad...
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keruseykaryu
May 3, 2012 1:02 pm
... To make it more clear. First, in the library properties window you add relative paths to your specific libraries in "User defined search path" section....
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Ivica Kvasina
kvasina
May 3, 2012 1:02 pm
The question was how to do it without commercial cad. The 0.4 is more precisely 1/2.54=0.3937 ________________________________ From: pernils_tees...
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pernils_tees
May 3, 2012 1:30 pm
Sorry .. I didn't read the hole text....
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Robert
brownbrummig
May 3, 2012 1:35 pm
Another option is to use Gmsh, but for some reason the exported binary STL model is almost vanishingly small when imported into Wings. Absolute scaling in...
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Aaron Wolfe
a_wolfie
May 3, 2012 2:44 pm
I had a part yesterday that was only supplied as a .sldprt (Solidworks) or a .prt (Pro/E). I had to open it in e-drawings viewer and export it as a .stl...
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Steve
dirtyvalentine
May 3, 2012 4:11 pm
Yes sir, correct. ... Yes sir, correct. On May 3, 2012, at 9:02 AM, "keruseykaryu" < keruseykaryu@... > wrote: ... To make it more clear. First, in the...
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Marcos Chaparro
nitrousnrg_ar
May 3, 2012 5:27 pm
... I often open the STEP file with with FreeCAD, export it to .stl, and import it from wings to get the desired VRML file. There is always present that...
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Peter Boudewijns
ingpjb
May 3, 2012 10:05 pm
Hello All, When I add a power-flag to my GND rail, and thereafter make a connection between this GND rail and a V- rail (negative supply for my opamps) the ...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
May 4, 2012 1:20 am
I'm slightly puzzled as to why you would put a link between the V- and gnd as that would seem to go against having a negative rail for the op amp. I would have...
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Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
mangelajo
May 4, 2012 7:39 am
Recently we've been talking around about how important it is what people find when looking for KiCad; probably the project would benefit from a higher user...
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keruseykaryu
May 4, 2012 12:43 pm
... Do you foresee foreign language versions for this page? I see the content of the old wiki page. I think I have somewhere a copy of the FAQ translated to...
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Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
mangelajo
May 4, 2012 12:58 pm
Hi Kerusey, thanks a lot, I think it's something we must decide among all volunteers, but it would definitely make sense. Even more if we have natives for...
