Hi Andy, thanks for your comments. I have been using the User Size option but this causes my printer driver to notice I am using a custom size, it would be nice to have a straight forward Landscape/Portrait option so when you print the printer detects it properly but no matter! As for the problems I am having with the text I have realised now (after installing kiCad on my friends windows machine) that the linux and windows versions have some differences. E.g. the version I am using does not have the rotate option when you right click a field like it does in the windows version...which explains why I could not find it. I reckon my repositories are out of date. I will compile from source later and make sure I have the latest version. Thanks for your help.
--- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > I've never seen a rotate page option, but then again I've never needed > one. If you really want to use different page sizes, there is a user > option you can set to whatever page size you like. (right at the bottom > of the list) > > Many libs you find are conversions from other packages such as eagle, > and the conversion process sometimes does not work as well as you would > expect. best to try and find a dedicated kicad or kicad tested part. > Better yet learn how to draw your own parts. :-) (it's easy and is > something you will be doing a lot of as you get into the process a bit > more) However you have missed a fairly basic point, there is nothing > special about the parts, they are just an outline. So any device with the > same pin arrangement will do. In this case the good old 741 will do the > job. Just edit the name to be your LM307 > > (Grabbing the nearest compatiable device and tweaking it to fit your needs > is a fairly common method of working...) > > The way to do this is to edit the LM741 in the lib editor, change the > value field (which is the name) the LM319 Then save the part again. > > You may have see several warnings about not saving to the default libs, > so make sure that you create your own libs and mods in your home > directory and save things to there just in case. You will have to add > these libs to your project, but that's easy enough. > > The pin labels and such like are all accessible from the right click > context menu. You can also rotate and position via the keyboard as well. > > > Text fields (light blue) can be edited, moved and rotated directly. > Place the mouse over the field, right click and select the rotate, move > edit or whatever you need. The pin numbers are fixed, but you can change > some options within the lib editor as to their position. > > > Do take the time to run through the tutorial a few times. Nothing is > really hard, but like many things, Kicad does have it's quirks and a bit > of practice is needed to get used to it. > > Note thet the tutorial is a bit old now, but it still serves it's purpose. > > There is also much more extensive help available under the help menu in > each of the parts of kicad, Eeschems, pcbNew, etc. this brings up pdf > documents, which live in the docs directory under kicad. You can access > them directly if you prefer. > > Andy > > > > > > > On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:25:47 -0000 > "foobar.foobar" <foobar.foo...@...> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have started using KiCAD (on Linux and I have a few questions I cant find > > answers for on the Wiki or in the help file. > > > > First up, in the schematic editor in the page settings dialog where you can > > select your page size, I can't see an option for changing the page > > orientation to portrait. Does this option not exist or is it somewhere else? > > > > Secondly, I am making an analog synth VCO and noticed none of the > > components I was using was in the standard libraries. Searching google lead > > me to this site: http://www.kicadlib.org/ I then searched for a component > > e.g. LM307N which then lead me to this file: > > http://www.reniemarquet.cjb.net/oshec/egl_libs4.zip. Inside the archive the > > "linear" package had the component I wanted in it which is fine. > > > > However, the components in that library don't display properly, or rather > > the text that is the "Pin Name" of each pin overlap each other (this is in > > the schematic editor) so you cant really read any of the pin labels as they > > are "on top of each other". So I then started trying to edit the components > > in the component editor and I can't seem to find a way of "positioning" the > > blue/greenish text that is the "Pin Name" text, it just seems to put them > > at the end of the pin. If you don't understand what I am on about I can > > take a screenshot. > > > > So... has anyone else needed these old op-amp components and knows a better > > library where the components are better designed (for use in the schematic > > editor) or is there actually a way of positioning the "Pin Name" text to > > where you want instead of it doing it itself and causing problems....all > > the standard components seem to be okay. I could just not label the pins > > but it makes things easier. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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 > > > > > > >
