Hi Everyone, We use an LPKF engraving machine to make solder stencils out of thin circuit board material and so we need a Gerber file with footprint pads that...
... Hi Rob, I don't think you can at the moment. We send the paste layers to a laser cutting company who then do the pad reductions for us. Generally the...
Hi Brian, et. al., Do you know if Kicad uses only apertures or does it also draw pads? The reason I ask, is that it would be easy to change the apertures, but ...
If it is of any interest mega UK have resist coated brass sheet, which was specifically requested by a few people on another conferencing system I use,...
Hi Rob, Didn't stumble across it when I was filing a bug last time. But I am not sure whether it is my lack of undrestanding or actually a bug. However, you...
For some reason, I cant get filled zones to show on my board in the 3D viewer. Any reasons why? They dont even show as filled zones in PCBNEW, which seems odd,...
Ok. I had this problem before but after searching the messages for a possible solution I thought I had found it, but to no avail. Everytime I create a zone and...
What would be great would be a repeat last function hot key. That way, be it rotate attribute or delete segment or what ever, you would select it the first...
The home page says: Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Where are the FAQ's, search reveals more questions about...
Well, there is an faq in the file list of this group. Log into the group using the yahoo web interface and you will find them. There are also copies of the...
Hi, I would like to share with you the Skypic board: http://fotos.iearobotics.com/index.php?album=skypic-2009&image=Skypic-2009-2.jpg It is a rather an old...
Hi I'm a fairly experienced pcb designer but am new to kicad and have been struggling to create parts with the library editor. I want to use parts from...
Hi! I had (have) a similar problem, that I just now solved. Pretty new to kicad btw, but hope this helps. Juan's answer and a bit of luck (or a streak of...
Here are the steps I follow: 1. Open the library editor. 2. Select the desired library 3. If editing a part, select the desired part number 4. Open (or create)...
Hello ... I had the same problem at the beginning, when i started to write my own library. So i wrote a manual about editing symbols (i did not yet something...
Bernd has done a very nice job on this manual. There are some issues with different terminology in the various language versions. For the life of me, I cannot...
Thank you for everyones advice. It merely confirmed I wasn't doing anything wrong. For some reason the fields tab was missing from the options menu. I...
Hello Richard. ... I am looking now at the Windows Version Build 20090216-RC6. Of course, its behavior is different from the earlier version i described at my...
... You're not going to like me answer, unless anyone else can verify. There are no problems with Windows XP filling zones so I feel this may be down to Vista....
... Under zone fill options, if your zone outline includes a pad, make sure that these options are checked: pad in zone includes pads, outline appearance...
I have the same problem, I can fill zone without problem on XP and windows2000, but occasionally it crashes on Vista. What I did is delete all the zone...
Hi, I'm a new user and I'm trying to draw a schematic. I can find the more complicated components for my circuit like micro controllers and voltage regulators...
Kicad comes with a library called "device" that contains basic components such resistors ("R") and capacitors ("C"). Regards, Robert. ... No virus found in...
As well as what Robert said, a couple of tips. Each on the main programs has a pretty good help file, and there is also a tutorial in the documents directory....
Hi, since the 3D models were created with Wings3D and Wings is able to export models as POV files, I wondered if it is possible to render boards with POV (like...
... I somehow knew you was going to say that. lol. I'll check my graphics drivers to see if I have the latest version, but considering I am using a Dell 1545...
... Ok, I think I might of sorted it. I have done what you suggested and it seems to work. For the moment, atleast. When I view the board in 3D though, all I...
... I have just looked at your website, and it looks like a wonderfull little device. I was wondering. Would it be possible to use this card as a control...
Hi, Andy. There is another option - install a virtual machine and run your Linux or Solaris machine under that. I've started doing that using Sun's VirtualBox...
