Oh, my goal isn't to develop mechanicals with kicad, but just importing only significant lines (general contours, pots, jacks or mounting holes, etc ...) from an existing Qcad project (I'm using it , too ... ) to make easier contour drawings and position for pots, buttons, jacks, etc, they come on a panel ...
Yeah, the converter you told about could be a great help to export from Kicad, but the opposite action could be great too ... --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > > Kicad can plot as HPGL, and there is an HPGL to DXF convertor available. > > http://pldaniels.com/hpgl-dxf/ > > I don't know how accurate the conversion would be, as this is something I > would never consider doing. Kicad is NOT a mechanical drawing > package, I use Qcad for mechanical work, and I have never found it a > problem. Once I decide on a PCB size I just set out the mounting holes > and create a board outline to match. The mounting holes give a fixed > reference to work from. So anything more complex, say if you mount > buttons and controls on a PCB which will be mounted on the rear of a > front panel then it's easy to transfer the positions to the mechanical > drawing. It also helps to decide on a standard spacing format for such > designs. > > > Andy > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:44:56 -0000 > "gayphil78" <gayphi...@...> wrote: > > > Do someone knows if there's plans to implement DXF (or other) drawings > > formats import/export feature in Pcbnew ? > > > > It could be a great stuff to easily work on chassis layouts and win a lot > > of time ... > > > > Actually, I have to develop my chassis and pcb separatly, and have to pray > > each time in new projects I well reproduce my chassis measurments in > > pcbnew, or the opposite, I well reproduce my PCBs in my mechanicals > > drawings ... > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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 > > > > > > >
