[kicad-users] Modification of existing design
I am trying to get a consistent annotation when modifying an existing design. If I remove a component say D1 then the resultant design starts from D2. Is there a way of correcting this without re-annotating which would make the PCB design incorrect? My previous system allowed a re-annotate of the PCB which was then fed back to the schematic, could this please be added to KiCad?
[kicad-users] Merging two PCB designs
I've been using KiCad for a while, and enjoying it, particularly for the design of a modular RF/microcontroller platform. I've decided to make the design slightly less modular - rather than having two seperate PCBs for main CPU and power regulation I'd like to merge these onto one board. I have both layouts (two layer, .brd) well tested. The two designs simply share +3.3v, +5v and GND so there's not too much to bridge between the two. I was wondering if anyone here has experience in this or can recommend either commandline or pcbnew tools or techniques. best wishes Martin Howse
[kicad-users] Moving module silkscreen features in PCBNew
Hi all, I have a component module that has a pin 1 designator, a small square on the silkscreen layer near pin 1 of the footprint. In general the location of the designator is fine, but for one instance in my design I need to move it so that it doesn't partially cover an adjacent copper pad. I don't want to change the designator location for all of the other instances of this module, so I can't change the module footprint in my library. So what I want to do is simply move the module silkscreen markings around, but I can't select any silkscreen features that are defined in the module footprint other than text (reference designators, etc.) Is there some way to do this that I haven't stumbled upon? I would greatly appreciate any help you can give! Thanks, Ryan
[kicad-users] Re: inverting background in pcbnew
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Mark Baharom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone Thanks so much for looking. I was curious if it is possible to set the background in PCB to white. Been going thru the software and help files and I cant find anyway to do it. I tried a search and found that this question has been asked before sometime ago (see below). Would anyone know if it is now possible? Thanks! mark I would like to see this too. I don't have the greatest eyes and the high contrast with the dark background just makes the program painful to use. It's one of the things which has kept me away (although now I'm thinking of just writing a patch to fix the problem, or else saying hang it all and use something less restrictive). Torben
[kicad-users] Documentation problem
in file board_file_format_EN.html it states that an ARC is: DA x0 y0 x1 y1 angle width layer where: X0,y0 = Start point x1,y1 = end point I am led to believe that it should be x0,y0 = center x1,y1 = start point but I am not absolutly sure, it could be something similar --- I am working on the conversion from eagle (with Renie) and I am having trouble with this part. plase HELP :) Alain
