Hi, Clicking the .pro file worked better and a quick googling after that worked showed me that clicking other files, like the .pcb file which I clicked on, show errors like the one I got. Thanks for helping me, this was perhaps the fourth or fifth time I have started KiCAD!
/Martin On Saturday, 30 March 2019 10:37:34 UTC+1, David Pye wrote: > > Hi Martin, > > I am using 5.0.2 on Linux but that shouldn't matter.... > > Have you checked out the files from Github, or downloaded them > individually? If you open the VFD.kicad_pcb file with a text editor, what > does it look like? > > What I normally do is open the 'pro' project file from the main Kicad > application, then double click on the PCB file, and that should open the > PCB editor in pcbnew. > > Cheers > > David > > On Sat, 30 Mar 2019 at 09:18, Dekatron42 <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks! >> >> It works but in the latest version if KiCAD I installed I get this error, >> do you have any idea what that can be due to? It wouldn't even open in the >> earlier version I had which I believe was 4.6.2 or something - which >> version are you using? >> >> /Martin >> >> >> On Thursday, 28 March 2019 11:20:12 UTC+1, David Pye wrote: >>> >>> Hi Martin >>> >>> Those files are in here : >>> >>> https://github.com/davidmpye/VFD/tree/master/IV11 >>> >>> I believe all the footprints and symbols needed are included so it >>> should just open but if it doesn't let me know! >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, 08:43 Dekatron42, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice! >>>> >>>> I couldn’t find the KiCAD files though, can you post the link to them >>>> please. I am currently using Designspark but I want to try KiCAD and >>>> thought this might be a good project to start with. >>>> >>>> /Martin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c2b75d9a-cd5b-418d-832d-86a798b7e7b2%40googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ab7d79c6-e492-4527-af71-7a6a837aa541%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ab7d79c6-e492-4527-af71-7a6a837aa541%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/ac571126-0866-4e86-94a9-5fa6d062c738%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
