Hi, Remy has written a fantastic article and deserves high praise for having it published in a mainstream magazine. While I'm here I'd like to say thank you to...
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Steven Blary
sblary
Jul 15, 2007 8:53 pm
Hello Everyone! I am new to the group, PCB layout, and EDA! I've spent 20 hours or so learning Kicad and it associated programs and I'm finding it easy to...
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compserv_uk
Jul 16, 2007 10:20 am
hmm strange, have just tried forward anno on a single sheet and it works ok, putting the outline in the footprint field. However when I try on a hierarchical...
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 10:47 am
... Select Miscellaneous from tool bar then Global Deletions, a dialog box will show with check boxes for you to select what you wish to delete....
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 10:56 am
Is there a bug report section here ? Forward Anno in Hierachical view not working. When a single sheet is used for forward anno, as far as the footprint is...
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 11:06 am
... 9 - $PAD in Kiicad file formats, start there. These must be stored in a file somewhere....
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 11:31 am
... Catia V5? ... Since the 3D model viewer is wings3d check here http://www.wings3d.com/...
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 11:31 am
... Catia V5? ... and here http://www.mesa3d.org/...
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Ian Thompson-Bell
ruffrecords
Jul 17, 2007 4:13 pm
... There is no formal bug list. Just post bugs here as you have done. Kicad's developers regularly check here for bug reports. I belive this is mentioned in...
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compserv_uk
Jul 17, 2007 7:22 pm
... Adding a sheet to another schematic design, makes it hierarchical. If you just want to create a single sheet design, do as David says. I find that...
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kass.linux
Jul 17, 2007 9:34 pm
Hi @ll I'm creating a multi part component and the 'test duplicate pins' dont work between parts, but only in selected part. If I'm wrong, get this message...
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betalayout
Jul 19, 2007 7:56 pm
Hi all, I'm trying to help a French customer of mine who wishes to order a PCB with us here at PCB-Pool.com We do not accept direct outputs from KICAD so I...
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Ian Thompson-Bell
ruffrecords
Jul 19, 2007 9:07 pm
... Kicad has options to plot PCB data in HPGL, Gerber or Postscript format. Simply ask you customer to seelct the Gerber option when he plots the PCB. Cheers ...
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Lisandro Damián Ni...
perezmeyer
Jul 19, 2007 11:20 pm
... Being so simple, you may add a new feature to your business ;-) -- Cuando tenga duda, utilice la solución mas simple. Principio de William Occam, también...
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ldevriesau
Jul 21, 2007 7:01 am
I am new to KiCAD, but have a lot of experince with Eagle, Protel etc. In fact I have a lot of investment of time with Eagle and will need to consider whether...
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kenames99
Jul 22, 2007 3:56 pm
hi Mike, ... I have been trying to do sheet copy for ages and it just wont work for me. can you tell me the secrets to get copying from sheet to sheet working?...
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yajeed2000
Jul 23, 2007 2:05 pm
... Hi To copy a sheet do the following: 1/ Left click just outside the top left of the block to be copied and holding down the left mouse button drag a...
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compserv_uk
Jul 24, 2007 3:07 am
Order displayed in tab delimited spreadsheet input as headings on each column: ref value sheet number sheet name footprint Field1 Field2 Field3 Field4 Field5...
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Vignesh
prasadvignesh
Jul 25, 2007 5:54 pm
Hi all, I tried to create an 8pin symbol of IC555 thru online "quicklib"; utility. What I found is, after successfully creating the symbol, and opening the same...
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slammera
Jul 27, 2007 8:10 am
In EESchema, now is possible to draw thin solid lines. It will be very usefull to have some options, like line width (3 selections will be OK) and...
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Matt Brocklehurst
terrastudios
Jul 27, 2007 8:17 am
Hi all, I've done two different board layouts now with a GND zone on both, on both boards the GND zone connects to all the GND tracks ok, but ive had one...
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Mark Webster
greymark7650
Jul 27, 2007 8:31 am
Hi Matt, Yes, I had this on one of my last boards. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I removed the zones and reflooded and it was fine. More worrying is the fact ...
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Matt Brocklehurst
terrastudios
Jul 27, 2007 11:22 am
Hi Mark I noticed the DRC didn't pick it up either, maybe it doesn't check the zones? Glad I'm not the only one though! Cheers, Matt....
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Pedro Martin
pkicad
Jul 27, 2007 11:59 am
Yes, DRC doesn't check the zones, so they'd be done in last place. Pedro....
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Matt Brocklehurst
terrastudios
Jul 27, 2007 12:05 pm
I wonder how much work it would be to add support so the DRC does check the zones... Matt...
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Chris Bartram
bartram_chris
Jul 27, 2007 12:14 pm
Hello Everyone ... I'd certainly find it very useful to have that feature. Best wishes Chris Bartram...
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wrgb2
Jul 27, 2007 12:53 pm
Hello, I am in need of a 72 pin (36x2) card edge (female) connector symbol and outline. Can anyone point me to one? Thanks, Randy...
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Matt Brocklehurst
terrastudios
Jul 27, 2007 1:01 pm
Hi Randy Usually your best bet is to just fire up KiCad and make the footprint yourself, datasheets usually are quite good at pad layout and dimensions - I'm...
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Tobias Gogolin
usertogo
Jul 27, 2007 7:22 pm
Actually I don't know how it would be seen If I was to suggest to sidetrack this thread a bit (OK hijack it ;) Like to the subject line 'defining the perfect...
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Robert Kondner
rkondner
Jul 27, 2007 7:51 pm
Hi, From my experience first "improvement" in EDA CAD would be web libraries which include purchasing info. After/As I design a schematic I need to finish 3...
