Hi Somebody know how to use the "new" cvpcb?.
Some screenshots or tutorial. Sorry, my English is very poorly. Alberto Medrano On 02/26/2014 04:20 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> I don't think that the functionality of what cvpcb does now will/should go >>> away >>> entirely. Having a tabular view of the whole BOM essentially and quickly be >>> able to >>> review and change the one or other footprint is great and needed, in >>> particular in >>> the final passes of a project. Though it should not be an external program >>> as it is >>> now, essentially communicating back and forth with files, which makes the >>> process >>> tedious and error prone. >> I should have been more clear. The functionality will not go away. The >> stand alone application will go away. The CvPcb functionality will be >> pushed into one of (pcbnew most likely) the shared objects and will be >> usable from either the schematic editor or the board editor. I have >> always found running CvPcb as separate application to associate >> footprints to be cumbersome. I would rather assign them when I'm >> editing the schematic because I almost always know the footprint of the >> component when I'm designing the circuit. > >>> Never said to junk the tabular view. Something like the list views in orcad >>> capture >>> would actually very useful. > > Launching CVPCB now is like giving birth under water. By the time the child > gets its > lungs full of air, it feels like a brain damaged product. And the github > plugin is taking > the blame. Surely everyone understands that if you increase the number of > libraries > sufficiently, you can always eventually come up disappointed in the time it > takes to LOAD > ALL OF THEM BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR FIRST BREATH OF AIR. > > In the kiway branch the initial change is to have pcbnew, footprint viewer, > footprint > editor, and cvpcb all share the same footprint memory cache. Those benefits > won't be > visible until milestone B) however. (Milestone A) is still a bunch of > individual programs.) > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/kicad/+spec/modular-kicad > > https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-source-mirror/wiki/Modular-KiCad-with-Alternate-Top-Level-Launchers > > > In concert with, or after milestone B), alternatives fully different than > CVPCB become > possible. So about the time that the performance is likely to be fixed, the > very utility > of the program is reduced. > > > BTW, I did look into caching in the github plugin. But what I found was that > it took just > as long to query the age of the repo, as it did to download it again. So > caching in > github plugin is not a big win. > > > The biggest win is to minimize the number of times you ask the plugin to > download 78 > libraries before you can start your work. That would entail software design > at a higher > level. > > > > Dick > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Alberto Medrano Telf: 0416 681 3010 ++++++ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ++++++ This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. Este correo electrónico puede contener información confidencial y/o privilegiada. Si usted no es el destinatario previsto (o ha recibido este correo electrónico por error), por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente y borre éste e-mail. Cualquier copia no autorizada, divulgación o distribución del material en este correo electrónico está estrictamente prohibida. Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet.
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