Mark, I have just finished writing a converter from TinyCAD net list to KiCAD pcbnew. It needs some more error reporting before commercial use but if you want to give it a try right away, I can send you a copy (before "public" release). The converter also does the job to match symbol or product names from TinyCAD to foot prints in KiCAD pcbnew (you don't have to use cvpcb). So the simple steps are: 1. From TinyCAD, save the net list in TinyCAD format. 2. Run the converter tool. 3. From KiCAD pcbnew, hit the "read pcb" button.
Since TinyCAD has excellent support for using product names (aliases) for the symbols, my method is not to have any references in TinyCAD to foot prints. That is done in a separate file. The converter is written in C++ with Qt and compiles on MS Windows and Linux. Should compile an Mac also... // Magnus Mark Everett wrote: > I have used the TinyCAD - FreePCB tool chain for personal educational and > commerical projects and its worked great. Both are real stable in there > latest versions. It takes a bit of work to get all your component parameters > into TinyCAD the first time but once you sort it you will get netlists that > import into FreePCB that need little correction. I have spent 2-3 hours with > KiCAD and came to the concludsion I could use it but the changeover would be > painfull. Maybe when some things I find combersome get redone. One thing that > makes me shake my head in wonder is that tool where you associate the IC's to > their footprint file, with TinyCAD you put the file name in the part > attributes and its exported in the net list so FreePCB knows which to use, > its a standard thing not a TinyCad-FreePCB. You would expect a intergrated > solution to handle that a bit smoother. But I havnt give up on it and wi > ll continue to follow its development. > > Mark > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please contribute your symbols/modules to the library folder in the group > files section. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
