No right now I am using 2009 but I had use 2007 for a long time. --- On Thu, 13/8/09, Andy Eskelson <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Andy Eskelson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 13 August, 2009, 2:24 AM Are your really using 2007, or was that a typo? This is the main site. http://iut-tice. ujf-grenoble. fr/kicad/ index.html FTP from here http://iut-tice. ujf-grenoble. fr/cao/ I use the kicad-2009-02- 16-final- CENTOS_4. 4.tgz file on SUSE 11.1 without any issues. (Ignore this is it was a typo) Andy On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:37:46 +0000 (GMT) abhijit biswas <abhi_tech_2004@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote: > I am fond of Linux and I had selected Kicad for my designs as it was running > on Linux. I now a days the official support of KICAD in Linux is less Windows > versions are releasing faster than Linux. Fedora 10 Suse11 Dreamlinux still > using 2007 edition. only Mandriva have updated the official kicad package in > it. I have got latest 2009 binary of kicad for Linux from sourceforge. Still > not tried on Linux that extensively. Because my co workers are not so > familiar with Linux. > > But I have noticed that in kicad 2007 zone can be created in Cooper or > component layer without including that in any net. whereas in windows it was > not possible. > > So definitely in windows and Linux the zones are treated differently. > > --- On Wed, 12/8/09, Greg Dyess <gregory.dyess@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: Greg Dyess <gregory.dyess@ yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC > To: kicad-users@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Wednesday, 12 August, 2009, 10:26 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had no luck with the Linux executables so I tried on my > Windows machine. The problem with the DRC checks on the zones was not fixed > in the latest version (r1914). I did manage to get everything explicitly > connected my placing traces in the middle of the zones as was suggested. > Perhaps when the DRC checking gets fixed I can go back and take those > superfluous traces back out. > > I did run into another strange issue. I had some tracks with overlapping > segments and the DRC did not realize they were connected! I had to spend a > couple of hours deleting and recreating those tracks. Is there possibly a > "cleanup" function or program that I can run to detect such conditions and > "merge" overlaying segments into a single segment? It would have saved me a > LOT > of time. > > Thanks again to the entire KiCAD community for such a wonderful product and > support! Next time I will pick a much simpler board for my first attempt! > > Greg > > > > From: Brian Sidebotham <brian.sidebotham@ gmail.com> > To: kicad-users@ yahoogroups. com > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:49:15 PM > Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC > > > 3. Wait for the DRC checks to get fixed so that they detect a connection to > > zones. This is the preferable option, but I understand it may > not be a > > priority for those who are so graciously donating their time to make KiCAD > > the tremendously terrific tool it already is. Is there a way to find out if > > someone is already looking into this issue? > > > > Hmmm, maybe option 4 is that I offer my time to fix it? OK, guess I will > > try to figure out how to build everything and start looking into it. > > > > Thoughts, suggestions, comments?? > > > > Thanks, > > Greg > > This issue was dealt with, but I can't remember when it was dealt > with. You can try an SVN snapshot version to see if a more up-to-date > one simply eliminates your problems. > > You can get an SVN snapshot from http://kicad. 1301.cz/ > > Best Regards, > > Brian. > > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > 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 visit http://www.kicadlib .org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/kicad- develYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check > out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz. yahoo.com/ Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/
