date:20180404

Re: [Kicad-developers] rc2

2018-04-04 Thread Carsten Schoenert

Hello Wayne,

Am 03.04.2018 um 00:42 schrieb Wayne Stambaugh:
...
> Please note, rc2 is going to be the UI string freeze so no UI string
> changes other than spelling errors after rc2.  If you have any UI
> string changes, now is the time.
please also consider to give the l10n contributes a few days for
reworking the strings after the rc2 tagging of the KiCad source. I'm
terrible low on free time for this right now and mostly need a weekend
to do some work. Thanks!

-- 
Regards
Carsten Schoenert

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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Strontium


On 04/04/18 18:52, Jean-Samuel Reynaud wrote:

So my questions are:
- Is it usefull ?


Having both versions be able to be installed side by side is immensely 
valuable for an end user, and the development of kicad, in my opinion.


The users can "USE" the stable version for their work.  They can also 
test the Nightly and not worry about it messing with their work.  It 
should mean that general users have a better chance to test the new 
version as it evolves, and they will feel more involved, even if that 
involvement is only posting bugs.  They don't have to choose between 
being on the bleeding edge, and being productive.


It would be equally useful (maybe even more useful) to have kicad V4 and 
V5 installed simultaneously as well.


Steven



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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Nick Østergaard

You can just set a different XDG_CONFIG_HOME. I think this should be left
for the user to define. Usually I have seen no significant problems running
with the same config dir. This may of course not aleays be true.

Alternatively the nightly package can provide a wrapper script that sets
this to something else. Then the user can use this, or make their own, or
not use it at all depending on what the user is testing.

Den ons. 4. apr. 2018 14.27 skrev Eeli Kaikkonen :

> I can confirm that many users would appreciate the possibility to run
> several precompiled versions. It has come up in the user forums. Using a
> virtual machine for that purpose has been suggested as a solution, but it's
> not very convenient.
>
> One possible problem is the configuration compatibility. It might be a
> good idea to have a command line switch to use a different configuration
> files/directories so that the installations could be completely
> independent. Also the env variables may be a problem. Maybe they could be
> overriden with command line switches, too?
>
> Eeli Kaikkonen
>
>
> 2018-04-04 13:52 GMT+03:00 Jean-Samuel Reynaud :
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>
>> Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
>> requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
>> version.
>> With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
>> FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
>> version in parallel.
>>
>> For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
>> ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
>> (to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily)
>>
>> Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
>> won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
>> All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
>> "something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...
>>
>> So my questions are:
>> - Is it usefull ?
>> - Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
>> - If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
>> - Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
>> What modifications ?
>>
>>
>> For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
>> some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...
>>
>>
>> Please give your comments, feedbacks...
>>
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Re: [Kicad-developers] Resistor 2512 footprint [Kicad 4.07]

2018-04-04 Thread Augusto Fraga Giachero


Rene Pöschl writes:

> There are completely new footprints for such devices. (In the v5 lib)
>
> I think the resistor lib should even be compatible with kicad 4 (it has 
> no part with complex pads in it). At least the footprint in question is 
> compatible.
>
> They are now script generated [1]. The dimensions for the pads are based 
> on IPC recommendations.

I've verified that with the new Kicad library the problem persists (the
spacing between the pads is a little close, but far from the IPC
recommendations). I'll file a bug on the Github project.

>
> The dimensions for the resistors come from different datasheets. (The 
> respective datasheet is always listed in the description of the footprint)
>
>
> [1] 
> https://github.com/pointhi/kicad-footprint-generator/tree/master/scripts/SMD_chip_package_rlc-etc
>
>
>

Thanks,
Augusto Fraga Giachero.

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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Mitja Nemec

There might be a conflict in the settings (V4 might not be able to parse V5 
settings)I've filed a bug addressing this (feature request): 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1749659

Also using V5 libs can be problematic in V4. One great thing is that at least 
in the latest V4 (4.0.7) there is no need for system wide environment 
variables. Thus one can run V4 and V5 with different set of libraries and have 
KiCad variables (KISYSMOD, KISYS3DMOD, ...) point to different locations in V4 
and V5. So I would recommend for the installer (at least on Windows) to not set 
the environment variables by default as this is not needed anymore. Leave it to 
the user to set them up within the KiCad. But this is a different issue. 

On Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 14:27, Eeli Kaikkonen 
 wrote:
 

 I can confirm that many users would appreciate the possibility to run several 
precompiled versions. It has come up in the user forums. Using a virtual 
machine for that purpose has been suggested as a solution, but it's not very 
convenient.

One possible problem is the configuration compatibility. It might be a good 
idea to have a command line switch to use a different configuration 
files/directories so that the installations could be completely independent. 
Also the env variables may be a problem. Maybe they could be overriden with 
command line switches, too?

Eeli Kaikkonen


2018-04-04 13:52 GMT+03:00 Jean-Samuel Reynaud :

Dear All,


Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
version.
With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
version in parallel.

For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
(to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev- daily)

Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
"something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...

So my questions are:
- Is it usefull ?
- Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
- If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
- Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
What modifications ?


For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...


Please give your comments, feedbacks...

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[Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Adjust Menubar of 3D Viewer to common style

2018-04-04 Thread Thomas Pointhuber

Hi,

some time ago there were adjustments to have a common design of the
menubar in all applications. This initial patch does some basic
adjustions of the 3D-Viewer in this direction, but things like
displaying Hotkeys was not added.


One question regarding improvements based on that patch would be:

There exists now a "Display Options" Dialog. In my point of view this
would allow us to remove quite a few submenus. What do you think about
that? Currently you need to cause a resize event to get the view updated
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1612419), which means using the
Dialog requires the same number of events for an action and thus the
submenu does not even provide better efficiency.


Patch can also be found on GitHub:
https://github.com/pointhi/kicad-source-mirror/tree/3d_viewer_menu


Regards, Thomas

From 53e344fe2ee450b852f49b635ac89542080e0dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Pointhuber 
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 14:17:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Adjust Menubar of 3D Viewer to common style

---
 3d-viewer/3d_viewer/3d_toolbar.cpp | 124 +
 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/3d-viewer/3d_viewer/3d_toolbar.cpp b/3d-viewer/3d_viewer/3d_toolbar.cpp
index 3027b1dee..d5c1ec240 100644
--- a/3d-viewer/3d_viewer/3d_toolbar.cpp
+++ b/3d-viewer/3d_viewer/3d_toolbar.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include 
 #include <3d_viewer_id.h>
 
+#include "help_common_strings.h"
+
 
 void EDA_3D_VIEWER::ReCreateMainToolbar()
 {
@@ -141,30 +143,100 @@ void EDA_3D_VIEWER::CreateMenuBar()
 
 wxMenuBar* menuBar   = new wxMenuBar;
 wxMenu*fileMenu  = new wxMenu;
-wxMenu*editMenu  = new wxMenu;
+wxMenu*viewMenu  = new wxMenu;
 wxMenu*prefsMenu = new wxMenu;
 wxMenu*helpMenu  = new wxMenu;
 
 menuBar->Append( fileMenu, _( "" ) );
 
-AddMenuItem( fileMenu, ID_MENU_SCREENCOPY_PNG,
- _( "Export Current View as PNG..." ),
+// Export options
+// /
+wxMenu* exportMenu = new wxMenu;
+
+AddMenuItem( exportMenu, ID_MENU_SCREENCOPY_PNG,
+ _( "PNG..." ), _( "Export Current View as PNG..." ),
  KiBitmap( export_xpm ) );
 
-AddMenuItem( fileMenu, ID_MENU_SCREENCOPY_JPEG,
- _( "Export Current View as JPEG..." ),
+AddMenuItem( exportMenu, ID_MENU_SCREENCOPY_JPEG,
+ _( "JPEG..." ), _( "Export Current View as JPEG..." ),
  KiBitmap( export_xpm ) );
 
+AddMenuItem( exportMenu, ID_TOOL_SCREENCOPY_TOCLIBBOARD,
+ _( "3D View to Clipboard" ),
+ KiBitmap( copy_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( fileMenu, exportMenu,
+ ID_GEN_EXPORT_FILE, _( "E" ),
+ _( "Export Current View" ), KiBitmap( export_xpm ) );
+
 fileMenu->AppendSeparator();
-AddMenuItem( fileMenu, wxID_EXIT,
- _( "" ),
- KiBitmap( exit_xpm ) );
+AddMenuItem( fileMenu, wxID_EXIT, _( "" ), _( "Close 3D Viewer" ), KiBitmap( exit_xpm ) );
 
-menuBar->Append( editMenu, _( "" ) );
+menuBar->Append( viewMenu, _( "" ) );
 
-AddMenuItem( editMenu, ID_TOOL_SCREENCOPY_TOCLIBBOARD,
- _( "Copy 3D Image" ),
- KiBitmap( copy_xpm ) );
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ZOOM_IN,
+ _( "Zoom " ), HELP_ZOOM_IN,
+ KiBitmap( zoom_in_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ZOOM_OUT,
+ _( "Zoom " ), HELP_ZOOM_OUT,
+ KiBitmap( zoom_out_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ZOOM_PAGE,
+ _( "Zoom to " ), HELP_ZOOM_FIT,
+ KiBitmap( zoom_fit_in_page_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ZOOM_REDRAW,
+ _( "" ), HELP_ZOOM_REDRAW,
+ KiBitmap( zoom_redraw_xpm ) );
+
+viewMenu->AppendSeparator();
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_X_NEG,
+ _( "Rotate X <-" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_neg_x_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_X_POS,
+ _( "Rotate X ->" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_pos_x_xpm ) );
+
+viewMenu->AppendSeparator();
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_Y_NEG,
+ _( "Rotate Y <-" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_neg_y_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_Y_POS,
+ _( "Rotate Y ->" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_pos_y_xpm ) );
+
+viewMenu->AppendSeparator();
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_Z_NEG,
+ _( "Rotate Z <-" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_neg_z_xpm ) );
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_ROTATE3D_Z_POS,
+ _( "Rotate Z ->" ),
+ KiBitmap( rotate_pos_z_xpm ) );
+
+viewMenu->AppendSeparator();
+
+AddMenuItem( viewMenu, ID_MOVE3D_LEFT,
+ _( "Move left" ),
+

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Eeli Kaikkonen

I can confirm that many users would appreciate the possibility to run
several precompiled versions. It has come up in the user forums. Using a
virtual machine for that purpose has been suggested as a solution, but it's
not very convenient.

One possible problem is the configuration compatibility. It might be a good
idea to have a command line switch to use a different configuration
files/directories so that the installations could be completely
independent. Also the env variables may be a problem. Maybe they could be
overriden with command line switches, too?

Eeli Kaikkonen


2018-04-04 13:52 GMT+03:00 Jean-Samuel Reynaud :

> Dear All,
>
>
> Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
> requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
> version.
> With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
> FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
> version in parallel.
>
> For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
> ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
> (to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily)
>
> Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
> won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
> All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
> "something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...
>
> So my questions are:
> - Is it usefull ?
> - Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
> - If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
> - Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
> What modifications ?
>
>
> For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
> some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...
>
>
> Please give your comments, feedbacks...
>
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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Jean-Samuel Reynaud

> 
> If you think the package is ready to be tested by a wider group, how
> about announcing it on the kicad.info forum [1]? If you do not have an
> account there, I can post a notice there for you.

Thanks. I think I will post a message in few days if I collect more
comments. As Nick say, I think I will change the name of he ppa to
"something nightly"




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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Jean-Samuel Reynaud

> 
> No, but I may personally prefer the term nightly over daily to be
> consistent with the terminology we have been using for quite some time.
>  
Ok, I will change that before communicating...

> 
> - If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
> 
> 
> I am not sure how you implemented this. I assume you have scripting
> enabled in both builds. You need to make sure that you are using the
> correct pcbnew python module that matches the version of kicad that you
> like to run such that it won't explode.
Yes, it's based on script helpers.

> 
> What error message? The generic, you are already running another
> instance of kicad or whatever it says? I think that can be ignored safely.
Yes, this is this error I speak. I don't know if there are side effects.

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Re: [Kicad-developers] New Footprint libs and wizard issues

2018-04-04 Thread kristoffer Ödmark

Ah, I was using it wrong. I was looking for someway to start a new lib, 
not realising
I need to start a new footprint and then start a new lib from that. 
Thanks and sorry
for that. Although, would be nice to be able to start a new footprint in 
a new lib directly
when opening the footprint editor, I will add that as a wishlist, i 
noticed some of my friends

did the same when trying to create a new lib.

The other part doesnt work for me though. I have set a path called 
SHARED that
points to "/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs". I then use the wizard to 
add the lib located at

"/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs/footprints/antennas.pretty".

expected outcome is that the library path will become 
"${SHARED}/footprints/antennas.pretty"


outcome is that the library path become 
"/home/krille/projects/kicad_libs/footprints/antennas.pretty"



- Kristoffer

On 2018-04-04 11:02, jp charras wrote:

Le 04/04/2018 à 10:01, kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :

Hello!

So it was a while since I made some noise, so its time again.

Is there a way to create new footprint libs from KiCad? I cannot find it,
right now I create them by mkdir name.pretty, thento be able to add them
with the wizard, I have to create a temp.kicad_mod file in that folder.

Should this be considered a bug, and if so, would it go into v5? I would
like to be able to add/create empty libs, and then populate them all from within
kicad.

In footprint library, the third tool.
(Tooltip: Create new lib and save current footprint)


I also noticed that the wizard does not autoreplace the paths with the 
configured
paths in kicad the same way that the symbol library editor does. Should this 
also
be considered a bug and would a fix be accepted in v5?

- Kristoffer

It works for me.





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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Nick Østergaard

2018-04-04 12:52 GMT+02:00 Jean-Samuel Reynaud :

> Dear All,
>
>
> Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
> requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
> version.
> With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
> FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
> version in parallel.
>
> For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
> ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
> (to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily)
>
> Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
> won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
> All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
> "something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...
>
> So my questions are:
> - Is it usefull ?
>

Yes.


> - Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
>

No, but I may personally prefer the term nightly over daily to be
consistent with the terminology we have been using for quite some time.


> - If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
>

I am not sure how you implemented this. I assume you have scripting enabled
in both builds. You need to make sure that you are using the correct pcbnew
python module that matches the version of kicad that you like to run such
that it won't explode.


> - Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
> What modifications ?
>
>
> For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
> some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...
>
>
What error message? The generic, you are already running another instance
of kicad or whatever it says? I think that can be ignored safely.


>
> Please give your comments, feedbacks...
>
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Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Maciej Sumiński

Hi Jean-Samuel,

I suppose most people on the dev mailing list compile KiCad themselves,
but I am pretty sure the users would appreciate the possibility of
having two KiCad versions installed.

If you think the package is ready to be tested by a wider group, how
about announcing it on the kicad.info forum [1]? If you do not have an
account there, I can post a notice there for you.

Regards,
Orson

1. https://forum.kicad.info/

On 04/04/2018 12:52 PM, Jean-Samuel Reynaud wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> 
> Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
> requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
> version.
> With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
> FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
> version in parallel.
> 
> For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
> ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
> (to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily)
> 
> Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
> won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
> All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
> "something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...
> 
> So my questions are:
> - Is it usefull ?
> - Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
> - If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
> - Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
> What modifications ?
> 
> 
> For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
> some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...
> 
> 
> Please give your comments, feedbacks...
> 
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[Kicad-developers] [RFC] Able to install KiCad stable and "daily build" in same computer

2018-04-04 Thread Jean-Samuel Reynaud

Dear All,


Since I provide PPA (daily build for Ubuntu) for KiCad, I receive some
requests about installing daily build packages in parallel with stable
version.
With next version (V5) I think it can be useful...
FreeCad provide this kind of feature and you are able to run both
version in parallel.

For testing that I had created a dedicated PPA:
ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily
(to add with sudo add-apt-repository ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-dev-daily)

Once added, you are able to install a new package "kicad-daily" that
won't conflict with existing "kicad" packages.
All files are installed on a separate folder and commands became
"something-daily". For example kicad-daily or pcbnew-daily...

So my questions are:
- Is it usefull ?
- Is it a bad idea/stupid :( ?
- If you test it, are you able to find some limitations/bugs ?
- Perhaps to have is plainly functional some modifications are needed.
What modifications ?


For the moment, you can't run in same time two versions (or there are
some error messages...) anyway both are installed and easily "runnable"...


Please give your comments, feedbacks...

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Re: [Kicad-developers] Resistor 2512 footprint [Kicad 4.07]

2018-04-04 Thread Rene Pöschl

There are completely new footprints for such devices. (In the v5 lib)

I think the resistor lib should even be compatible with kicad 4 (it has
no part with complex pads in it). At least the footprint in question is
compatible.

They are now script generated [1]. The dimensions for the pads are based
on IPC recommendations.

The dimensions for the resistors come from different datasheets. (The
respective datasheet is always listed in the description of the footprint)

[1]
https://github.com/pointhi/kicad-footprint-generator/tree/master/scripts/SMD_chip_package_rlc-etc

On 04/04/18 02:00, hauptmech wrote:

You should be able to check the footprint just by looking at it in a
text editor or online. That will be faster than compiling Kicad.

https://github.com/KiCad/Resistors_SMD.pretty/blob/master/R_2512_HandSoldering.kicad_mod
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-footprints/blob/master/Resistor_SMD.pretty/R_2512_6332Metric_Pad1.34x3.40mm_HandSolder.kicad_mod

On 4/04/18 09:56, Augusto Fraga Giachero wrote:

Sorry for the noise, I'll try to compile the Kicad 5 rc2 and check if
this issue persists in the new library.

Thanks,
Augusto Fraga Giachero.

Nick Østergaard writes:

The kicad-developers list is not really for detailed library discussions
like this. You may have better luck reporting the issue directly on
https://github.com/kicad/kicad-footprints/issues

I am not sure what the plan is, but I don't think the Librarians will
update the old footprints, all activity are done in the new repos.

http://kicad-pcb.org/post/kicad-official-libraries/

2018-04-03 23:33 GMT+02:00 Augusto Fraga Giachero :

Hi!

I've had a an unpleasant surprise with a 2512 (imperial) smd resistor
footprint (Resistors_SMD:R_2512_HandSoldering) available in the Kicad's
official library (shame on me for not checking the dimensions before
sending the gerbers). When our boards arrived we verified that the pads
of this footprint are too further apart, up to the point that the
resistor barely touches the pads.

I've looked on some datasheets and other sources and confirmed that this
footprint is out of the recommended dimensions
(http://www.resistorguide.com/resistor-sizes-and-packages/).

I've attached an image showing the dimensions from the website
above. The recommended dimensions for 2512 are a = 3.5mm, b = 1.6mm and
c = 3.8mm, while in the footprint available on Kicad a = 3.2mm, b =
2.7mm (no problems with this been wider as it is a hand soldering
variant) and c = 5.2mm.

Dim(mm) Average Kicad
a 3.5 3.2
b 1.6 2.7 (ok, hand soldering)
c 3.8 5.2 (too further apart)

I don't known if it is fixed in the new Kicad 5 libraries, but it would
be nice to be fixed in the legacy libraries as well. I can make the fix
if nobody have already made.

Thanks,
Augusto Fraga Giachero.

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Re: [Kicad-developers] rc2

2018-04-04 Thread Rene Pöschl


On 03/04/18 19:59, Kevin Cozens wrote:

I am seeing a problem with CvPcb where it fails to show me any DIP package
options when I select a 7400 IC on a board. I need to file a report about
the problem.


What version of the lib have you installed?

Are the footprint and symbol libs from the same version?

What is the footprint filter of the symbol?

What are the filter settings in cvpcb?


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Re: [Kicad-developers] New Footprint libs and wizard issues

2018-04-04 Thread jp charras

Le 04/04/2018 à 10:01, kristoffer Ödmark a écrit :
> Hello!
> 
> So it was a while since I made some noise, so its time again.
> 
> Is there a way to create new footprint libs from KiCad? I cannot find it,
> right now I create them by mkdir name.pretty, thento be able to add them
> with the wizard, I have to create a temp.kicad_mod file in that folder.
> 
> Should this be considered a bug, and if so, would it go into v5? I would
> like to be able to add/create empty libs, and then populate them all from 
> within
> kicad.

In footprint library, the third tool.
(Tooltip: Create new lib and save current footprint)

> 
> I also noticed that the wizard does not autoreplace the paths with the 
> configured
> paths in kicad the same way that the symbol library editor does. Should this 
> also
> be considered a bug and would a fix be accepted in v5?
> 
> - Kristoffer

It works for me.


-- 
Jean-Pierre CHARRAS

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[Kicad-developers] New Footprint libs and wizard issues

2018-04-04 Thread kristoffer Ödmark


Hello!

So it was a while since I made some noise, so its time again.

Is there a way to create new footprint libs from KiCad? I cannot find it,
right now I create them by mkdir name.pretty, thento be able to add them
with the wizard, I have to create a temp.kicad_mod file in that folder.

Should this be considered a bug, and if so, would it go into v5? I would
like to be able to add/create empty libs, and then populate them all 
from within

kicad.

I also noticed that the wizard does not autoreplace the paths with the 
configured
paths in kicad the same way that the symbol library editor does. Should 
this also

be considered a bug and would a fix be accepted in v5?

- Kristoffer

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