On 03/27/2012 04:56 AM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: > Hello everyone, > My name is Edwin, I have some motivation and skill to help with your project. > Although I am not very old yet, I do have some deep knowledge of > PCB's, data-formats, workflow and related software. > (I have been working in this field for more than 15 years) > > I can program in almost anything, and have some visions on how to make > this project even better. > > Just throw me a bone (a few bugs to get my teeth into) so I can chew > on it, and help you.
Hi Edwin, Welcome to our mailing list. One of the tasks we are working on is a movement to a new BOARD format. I am out for a couple days soon, but after that I can write up another "work package" which describes tasks needed to complete this migration. In the meantime, please single step through KICAD_PLUGIN to get a feel how it loads and saves BOARDS. ioascii.cpp and io_item.cpp are on death row. This KICAD_PLUGIN is soon to be renamed to LEGACY_PLUGIN, and the name KICAD_PLUGIN will be used for new code, being written by Wayne *now*, which will use s-expressions, and fractional millimeter units in the new BOARD files. KICAD_NANOMETER is a compile time option. Only when defined, will we support nanometers as our internal unit within PCBNEW. Said differently, this is NOT a runtime option, but is a compile time option. You heard me say that the BOARD is going to be saved in (fractional) millimeters, and the internal units will be nanometers when KICAD_NANOMETER is defined during compilation of PCBNEW. Most of the additional work needed to complete the bridge to KICAD_NANOMETERs is in the dialogs, mouse movement scaling, etc, basically at the UI level. We also need to pick a new file extension, since I don't want to have to read a BOARD file to figure out what format it is in. Something like: *.kicad_pcb Please answer these questions to allow me to help you best get involved: a) are you interested in this KICAD_NANOMETER work for PCBNEW? b) what is your C++ experience in years and projects? c) how many hours per week can you offer the project? Thanks, Dick > I am a bit confused about how this is coordinated, I see so many > websites (sourceforge/lauchpad/yahoo, some French stuff) > Just point me in the right direction. Please answer the questions, and I will. > Keep it going, and have a happy day, > > Edwin > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > . > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
