Joe, Pls see my comments in line: > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Joe Croft > Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 7:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Schematic program > > Alas, yet another person who misunderstands open source and it's authors. > First, let me say, there is a lot of crap in the open source world, almost > as > much as in the shareware world. Just check out sourceforge.net to see a > sample. For reference, I write my share of open source code. I just have > enough pride not to publish my crappier code.
BILL> Amen (and thanks) to that brother! > > With that said, a vast majority of apps people have written is because > THEY > have a need and THEY write their own solution. They know what;'s needed. > Two > areas where they fall down, first is that most applications like a CAD > program > is way more than a single individual can conquer. The second is that not > every > programmer is the best User Interface expert. > > I like PCB. IT WORKS QUITE WELL! Granted it the board gets too complex, I > can > see where it would fall down, maybe. I did Nixieneon using gEDA PCB. I > tried > Eagle and there was no way I was going to be able to place the 60 neon > bulbs > and their 3 associated components in the rings like they were needed with > that > tool! I suspect if I just needed the parts on the board and let it do the > routing, life would be good. BILL> If I understand you problem, than it is too bad you did not read the relevant portion of the manual. I just created a board with a circle of parts (60 LEDs). It goes like this: determine the center of your circle, and "move" the parts via the command line. Format is part_name, distance from center, and angle (polar coordinates). I calculated the angles in excel, saved as a CSV, and paste in the Eagle command line. Voila, 5 minutes from start to end, a perfect circle of parts. > > Where I most like PCB is that I don't need a schematic to make a board. I > find > that I can layout the circuit on the board, then create the schematic > after > the fact. The board layout is just a bazaar form of a schematic. > > For reference, I'm thoroughly disgusted with the current crop of low cost > CAD > programs. If anyone is a good C++ programmer interested in helping me at > least > investigate what it will take to write one with me, please let me know. I > am > very well versed with the Qt toolkit. BILL> Good luck with that. > > And for reference, I use a programmers editor (CRiSP, what Brief should've > become) and Makefiles, not no stinkin' IDEs when I write code. Now my > stance > on PCB should make more sense! ;) > > -joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
