Please specify which version number of software you used to make your comments more useful. Thanks, Martin
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 9:38 AM , Ted Huntington wrote: > I can't remember if I sent this already, but after using Kicad for a > month, I can safely say that all problems have been worked out, and > Kicad is the program I am going to use to make PCB boards with from > now on. > > Just to report for others who may encounter the same problems: > At first there was a problem connecting pins in eeschem, which is > solved by: > 1) always use (at least) 5mil for both designing parts and placing > parts in eeschema, there appears to be problems with connecting under > 5mil, and possibly in the metric-English conversion - you shouldn't > need metric for a schematic anyway, and metric appears to work in > pcbnew perfectly well for recognizing connections. > > 2) Net names do not always apparently get autonamed correctly, and it > is best to add net names by hand (for example "GND", "CLK", etc. > > I know people use the kicad power pins and keep them invisible many > times, but I decided to make all my power pins visible and use my own > +5V, GND, etc which works fine. In addition, > For home etching, I use the "plot", with only component, and only > copper to create 2 .ps files, using scale 1, open them in gimp which > requires at least 300dpi on the import, then place multiple copies of > the circuit onto a single sheet, print that to a transparency and go > from there. > > I'm glad I found Kicad - this is really a nice program, it's as good > if not better than Eagle, and then it is open source and free so that > is all good. ;) > > thanks all, > Ted
