[kicad-users] Non-Populated or Non-Installed parts...
Does anyone have a good way of showing inidividual parts as being 'Not-Installed' or 'Not-Populated'? That way, they appear on the schematic as reference only (either grayed-out, or dashed lined), they are not included on the bill of materials, and the footprint of the part still gets included in the layout of the pcb.
[kicad-users] Not-populated or Not-Installed parts...
Anyone know how to label parts as 'Not-Populated' or 'Not-Installed'? In that way the part is displayed on the schematic as reference only (indicated by dashed-lines or grayed out), but still is placed and routed on the pcb, and does not appear on the bill of materials...
Re: [kicad-users] Non-Populated or Non-Installed parts...
I use the part value of open with the reference designator. No other properties used. Thus the open parts would show up on the BOM that is easily removed. They transfer to the layout. Derek Koonce john_henn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone have a good way of showing inidividual parts as being 'Not-Installed' or 'Not-Populated'? That way, they appear on the schematic as reference only (either grayed-out, or dashed lined), they are not included on the bill of materials, and the footprint of the part still gets included in the layout of the pcb.
Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7
I am running windows 7 ultimate 64-bit, I run an old version of Kicad (2007-11-29-RC2) compiled to 64-Bit executables using MS visual studio .net 2003 and the 2003 SDK. My screen refresh is blazing fast. I wonder what has happened to Kicad over the years? From: Greg Dyess Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 7:51 PM To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7 I wasn't trying to say KiCAD was using that much RAM. That was just the configuration of the machines. Also, I would NEVER try to run anything on Vista, period! If you have Vista, invest in the upgrade and don't attempt anything with less than 2 GB. From: kajdas kaj...@cox.net To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Cc: Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 6:19:12 PM Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7 Having said that, I run KiCad on a machine (quad core, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM) that dual-boots Windows XP Pro and Ubuntu 9.10. I see no discernable difference in performance between the two, so it's highly unlikely that Windows vs Ubuntu can account for the performance issues the user is reporting. I also run KiCad on a 3-year old laptop (dual-core, 32 bit @ 1.7 GHz with 2.5 GB RAM) and have performance complaints there either. Good suggestions, but I am wandering what are you running because I also use Kicad on both and never used more than 0.5 GB of memory (768 MB installed) on single-core CPU and it is running fine, though not the latest SVN version. I would also recommend checking for viruses, because anytime I had a Windows machine slow down it was a zambie sending a lot of garbage to the internet. Unplug Ethernet and see. M. 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
Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7
It is not over the years, it is in the last few months this is what happens when you try a work in progress. Kicad team is working very hard in several new alternatives, at the current moment the main issue there is this speed problem which is windows centered... But there has been a lot of work on that matter *right now*. Old solutions have lots of problems, new solutions have others... It has to work on Linux, Mac, windows, hardware accelerated drivers, and I don't know what more. It is not an easy work, but it will be better when finished. Alain Carl Rash escreveu: I am running windows 7 ultimate 64-bit, I run an old version of Kicad (2007-11-29-RC2) compiled to 64-Bit executables using MS visual studio .net 2003 and the 2003 SDK. My screen refresh is blazing fast. I wonder what has happened to Kicad over the years?
Sv: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7
And let me just say that your efforts are greatly appreciated! - Anders Gustafsson Engineer, CNE6, ASE Pedago, The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) www.pedago.fi phone +358 18 12060 mobile +358 40506 7099 fax +358 18 14060 Alain Mouette ala...@pobox.com 2010-02-18 03:19 Kicad team is working very hard in several new alternatives, at the current moment the main issue there is this speed problem which is windows centered... But there has been a lot of work on that matter *right now*.
