On 04/12/17 18:50, kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >> > Okay, My suggestions: > > 1. Enable the spice simulator by default and start shipping it with > windows nightlies. This way we will find much more bugs. Because I doubt > everyone is running with the simulator on even on nightlies. Same goes > for the OCE and step stuff. This I see as a must to get a smoother v5 > transition for most users, even those moving from v4 stable to v5 stable > without ever trying nightlies. > > 2. Parse the "value" field and reference in the simulator to get the > basic primitives. like Resistor and Capactiors, inductors etc, based on > the first Letter in the Reference. We already have name-dependent > functions for the differential-pair so having this here, and > > 3. Move the Spice_Netlist_Enabled field to a new right-side toggle menu > to select between "Spice and PCB, Spice Only, PCB only", so one can > specify if the item should be added to both the PCB and the Spice > netlist, or only one of them, by default I guess both should be enabled. > > 4. When the Spice_Model field is selected, the button "Edit Spice Model" > should be shown under there, instead of always on the left side. Just to > be more like the other fields. > > 5. Add context-menu entries and toolbar buttons for the simulator > interface. > > This would make the simulator seem like its a part of kicad and not only > a strange addon that is just hackishly attached to kicad with duct-tape. > Dont get me wrong, Its an awesome feature, and works well it just looks > like an outsider when using it currently.
Hey Kristoffer, Would you be willing (if Wayne agrees - we're in feature freeze right now) to code some of your suggestions? Tom _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
