Hey all,
I've recently been playing around with designing footprints by
describing a set of constraints that position features relative to each
other. This is rather than specifying the absolute co-ordinates of
every feature.
I've written a small tool that allows this to be done. It pumps out
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 03:47 +0100, Rob Spanton wrote:
Hey all,
I've recently been playing around with designing footprints by
describing a set of constraints that position features relative to each
other. This is rather than specifying the absolute co-ordinates of
every feature.
Rob Spanton wrote:
I've written more information about it in a blog post, where you'll also
find a link to the code:
https://xgoat.com/wp/2011/08/08/playing-with-footprints-and-constraints/
Nice!
This is the way to go.
Get rid of grid based design, enter constrains and let the system figure
On 08/07/11 21:47, Rob Spanton wrote:
https://xgoat.com/wp/2011/08/08/playing-with-footprints-and-constraints/
The tool is by no means complete... it's the result of just a few hours
work right now.
Thanks for sharing that, looks like python style of
sub-function.sub-function.function()
I have been thinking about such a footprint editor as well. I think
such a parametric sketcher is the way forward. At least it would make
drawing footprints much more fun! It might be possible to use code
from Sketchflat or pSketcher to obtain this functionality.
http://cq.cx/sketchflat.pl
Stefan Salewski wrote:
Do we have a list of all available generators? Would be useful to find
the best one for a special type of footprint.
IMHO, generators that proved to be useful should be bundled with PCB. This
also applies to plug-ins. If this bothers the devs, a seperate goodie
package
Jasper wrote:
Another option might be to use a parametric cad program to draw the
footprint, export as a dxf or similar and then convert.
Did anyone mention freecad? The footprint might be part of a 3D model :-)
sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:47:25 +0100
Rob Spanton rspan...@zepler.net wrote:
I've recently been playing around with designing footprints by
describing a set of constraints that position features relative to
each other. This is rather than specifying the absolute co-ordinates
of every feature.
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 03:47 +0100, Rob Spanton wrote:
The tool is by no means complete... it's the result of just a few hours
work right now. Anyway, I hope either the tool or the concept of the
tool might be of use to at least some in the gEDA community.
Certainly a feature like this will
On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 10:48:19PM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 03:47 +0100, Rob Spanton wrote:
The tool is by no means complete... it's the result of just a few hours
work right now. Anyway, I hope either the tool or the concept of the
tool might be of use to at
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Rob Spanton rspan...@zepler.net wrote:
Hey all,
I've recently been playing around with designing footprints by
describing a set of constraints that position features relative to each
other. This is rather than specifying the absolute co-ordinates of
every
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