On 12/11/2012 12:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/11/2012 11:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 12/11/2012 12:33 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> On 12/10/2012 08:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>>> On 12/10/2012 07:04 AM, Marcelo Conceição Santos wrote: >>>>> Hello, KiCad developers, congratulations to all, this program is fabulous >>>>> with regard to >>>>> paid software! >>>>> My name is Marcelo, I live in Brazil, working in the manufacture of >>>>> printed circuit >>>>> boards (PCBs), and do some electronics projects. I am currently studying >>>>> the KiCad to be >>>>> my tool of personal projects. >>>>> Would you like to contribute a suggestion, I believe, will be of great >>>>> help for >>>>> optimization of time for many designers. >>>>> We have many problems with respect to insert components and their >>>>> location at any >>>>> entanglement of a library. >>>>> Attached insert what we would greatly facilitate (both Eeschema as the >>>>> PCB Editor), it's >>>>> already fixed a window with a list of manufacturers, to select appears >>>>> below the list of >>>>> components, select the component symbol appears and below the component >>>>> (and if desired, >>>>> below the 3D drawing thereof). The idea is that, when I find my component >>>>> with the >>>>> mouse, I would select, and ne a process of DRAG, I would enter the symbol >>>>> of the component. >>>>> >>>>> I know you must locate a component to associate with the symbol that we >>>>> are doing the >>>>> "CVPCB", so I would suggest that after the location of the symbol, as >>>>> could have the >>>>> opportunity to locate the associated component instead of doing it all >>>>> once at the end >>>>> of the project (it's too much work). It would be very interesting if we >>>>> could save it in >>>>> a database for the association of the symbol with the component was no >>>>> longer needed >>>>> (one more optimization work). >>>>> >>>>> Appendix for details! >>>>> >>>>> Well, I have helped, that's all! >>>>> Success to you all! >>>>> >>>>> Marcelo >>> >>> Wayne and I spoke at length on the phone 6 weeks ago about carving out the >>> footprint >>> library editor/viewer into a DLL/DSO. Then it could be loaded from >>> eeschema and you could >>> pick or even design your footprints while the schematic part was fresh in >>> your mind. If >>> that assignment was done then and there, and the footprint field of the >>> schematic part was >>> stuffed at that time, I wonder if cvpcb would even be needed. >> I can't think of a good reason to keep CvPcb around if you can easily >> assign footprints in the schematic editor. Most of the comments I've >> seen have been fairly negative about having to use a separate tool to >> assign footprints to components in KiCad. It would also be one less >> thing to maintain. >> >>> >>> Well since I suggested it, I still like the idea of a separate DLL/DSO tool >>> that does: >>> >>> >>> a) footprint editor and viewing. >>> b) library management, moving footprints from one lib to another. >>> c) footprint selection >>> d) library table editing >> I agree that it is a very good idea. The biggest issue I see is >> decoupling all of the footprint viewer/editor and even some low level >> PCB object code from PCB_EDIT_FRAME which will not be a trivial task. >> It will have to happen before all of this code can become a stand alone >> DSO/DLL. We (developers) just need to keep that in mind as we are >> modifying or adding to any of this code. >> >> Wayne > > > I promise not to eat Spaghetti until we get through this, just as a memory > aid. > > But I may cheat and eat Spaghetti squash, since the 'noodles' are all in > parallel initially. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti > > The picture on the right is our goal. Clear separation. >
If only our spaghetti was so easily hung to dry :) _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
