Kirk Wallace wrote: > I tried the eagle2hal setup in the wiki: > > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emcinfo.pl?Eagle2HAL > > and it looks like it would pretty handy, but is not quite ready for > prime time, especially if you are not a regular Eagle user. > > It would be nice to have a way to diagram existing HAL files. Is there a > plan to have a hal2eagle utility? Is there another method or > application, like Inkscape, that would be easier to develop and use in > the long run? If so, it would be nice to have the diagramming > application be able to stand on its own, so it could be run on any > (Linux) PC. I'm trying to get an idea of where more effort could be most > effectively placed. Thanks. >
The problem with any HAL to schematic (or netlist to schematic) program is that it will most likely generate hideous schematics. When a circuit designer draws a schematic, he knows what the circuit does. He lays out the circuit on the page to clearly convey that information. A program that is reading a circuit netlist or a HAL file has no idea what the circuit does, so all it can do is plop things down at random and draw lines between them. The result might be easier to understand than the original file, but I wouldn't count on it. It will almost certainly need radically rearranged to make it clear and easy to understand. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
