Conn Clark wrote: > I personally would like to see kicad merge with qucs . Qucs is a very > easy to use simulator that is quite powerful.
While appreciating the problems involved integrating the two pieces of software, it could be useful, at least in theory, to have some integration with QUCS. It would certainly be silly to duplicate the incredible effort which has gone into making KiCAD such a good tool within the QUCS group. I use both QUCS and KiCAD in preference to some well regarded proprietary software (for which I have licences!) in my work as an RF/Microwave circuit designer. QUCS is a better tool than SPICE - at least for me. At high frequencies, realistic simulation schematics often bear little resemblance to the schematic from which the PCB is derived! I often find close integration of PCB layout/schematic capture software with simulation tools less than useful! To make matters even more difficult, proper co-simulation would require at least a planar electromagnetics simulator. Although one is apparently planned for QUCS, the roadmap doesn't show any real activity, yet. I'd find the addition to KiCAD of a simple 2D mechanical drafting program, or at least the ability to seamlessly import and export *.DXF of *.DWG files of both schematics and PCB layouts. Best wishes Chris
