Re: [Kicad-developers] Duplicate schematic sheet names.

2011-08-31 Thread Andy Peters
On Aug 31, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Fred Cooke wrote: > While we're on the subject of file formats, PLEASE, stop updating time > stamps in the header/comment when NOTHING else has changed. I can show you > commits to hw repositories with 30 eroneous files commited and only two > containing actual changes

[Kicad-developers] Heads up: building on OS X

2014-09-18 Thread Andy Peters
Gang, just an FYI. I recently installed Xcode 6.0.1 (updating from Xcode 5.whatever) on one of my Macs (running 10.9.3) and then did the usual bzr pull to get the latest Kicad updates. Then I did the cmake and it failed on the test for clang. I thought that was odd, so I tried to run /usr/bin/

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.

2014-09-29 Thread Andy Peters
On Sep 29, 2014, at 7:53 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 9/28/2014 10:20 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: >> I actually had this open in a tab for something else I was doing. >> >> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html >> >> At

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.

2014-10-06 Thread Andy Peters
Hi, guys -- I have been doing daily builds on OS X, and I haven't had any build issues. Now, I did build and install the various prerequisites (glew, whatnot). Do recent builds use what's installed on my system, or does the master CMake file download and build the prerequisites as needed? I jus

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.

2014-10-07 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 6, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Garth Corral wrote: > On Oct 6, 2014, at 5:39 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > >> Hi, guys -- I have been doing daily builds on OS X, and I haven't had any >> build issues. Now, I did build and install the various prerequisites (glew, >> w

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.

2014-10-07 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Mike Crawford wrote: > patch is expecting its input on stdin there, re-run the command with: > patch -p0 < ../kicad/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.0_macosx.patch > That should apply the patch Hah, that worked. Looks like a patch is needed for the patch instructions! -a

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.

2014-10-07 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 7, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > Den 07/10/2014 19.43 skrev "Wayne Stambaugh" : > > > > In Andy's defense, the OSX compile instructions show: > > > > # patch -p0 ../kicad/patches/wxwidgets-3.0.0_macosx.patch > > > > so I can understand his confusion. I missed that when I

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Rename instances of "module" to "footprint" for consistency

2014-10-08 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 8, 2014, at 5:08 AM, Mark Roszko wrote: >> I use footprint myself. Though footprint seems to imply what a PCB >> must have in order to accommodate a part, eg, pads, silk. Are the 3d >> models part of this? If they are, then footprint might not be the >> best term. >> I agree with this. W

Re: [Kicad-developers] Build for software rendering only?

2014-10-09 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 9, 2014, at 5:30 AM, Ian Woloschin wrote: > This might be unrelated, but on most recent Macbook Pros there are two video > cards, the Intel integrated GPU and a discrete, more powerful but more power > hungry GPU. Usually you'll run on the lower power Intel GPU, unless an > application

Re: [Kicad-developers] Build for software rendering only?

2014-10-10 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Ian Woloschin wrote: > Easiest way to tell is using gfxCardStatus, https://gfx.io/, which will tell > you what's running. You can also, sort of, lock it to integrated or > discrete. I did a quick test and KiCad ran fine when locked to the > integrated card, so I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Build for software rendering only?

2014-10-10 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Ian Woloschin wrote: > >> Easiest way to tell is using gfxCardStatus, https://gfx.io/, which will tell >> you what's running. You can also, sort of, lock it to integrated or >> disc

Re: [Kicad-developers] Build for software rendering only?

2014-10-10 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:27 PM, Ian Woloschin wrote: > Andy, > > I think that's the opposite of what I want! :) > > OS X is "smart" in that it tries to run the integrated graphics unless a > specific application (or hardware feature, like an external monitor) requests > discrete graphics. For

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Launcher & File Types

2014-10-10 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 10, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote: > Well, it might seem so but that’s IMHO not the whole story. > > From an OSX perspective there currently is not “some apps”, it is just *one* > application, the kicad launcher. > Having the other (command-line) applications in the bundle i

Re: [Kicad-developers] Footprint properties: Normal, Normal+Insert

2016-12-14 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 14, 2016, at 12:51 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > Can we rename "Normal" and "Normal+Insert" to "THT" and "SMT", or > "Through hole" and "Surface mount", or something similarly descriptive? > I *still* have to mouse over for the tooltip to remember which is > which… PLEASE YES. __

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Standard field for manufacturer part number in schematic symbols

2016-12-21 Thread Andy Peters
I will preface this by saying that I’ve been working as an EE for nearly 30 years, at companies which all had wildly-different methods of dealing with parts management and how to make sure that what the engineer puts on the schematic is what purchasing buys and what production stuffs. And it’s a

Re: [Kicad-developers] PCB update behavior

2017-01-11 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 11, 2017, at 7:39 AM, jp charras wrote: > Virtual tag is just to avoid the component put in BOM. > > A typical virtual component is a edge-connector card and some microwave > components which are only a > drawing on the board. > The footprint itself is similar to other footprints (but

Re: [Kicad-developers] OS X 10.12 Sierra (uh, macOS Sierra) observation

2017-01-21 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 15, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Andy Peters wrote: > > Just an observation. I updated my MacBook Pro to Sierra but hadn’t used Kicad > on it until today (my main work machine is a 2008 iMac which can’t go past > 10.11). > > One of the features in 10.12 is that a lot of

Re: [Kicad-developers] Autosave BS

2017-01-24 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 4:26 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > I'm talking to someone on IRC right now who lost two hours of routing > because pcbnew crashed, then deleted his autosave file before he could > make use of it. What, he couldn’t type Ctrl-S (or Cmd-S on a Mac) every few traces or so? I

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Application naming

2017-02-02 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 2, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I don't have a strong opinion one way or another but you should never > underestimate the power of branding. You can take the same car and > change the manufacturer and model names and the same person who liked > the car under one brand

[Kicad-developers] Inner-layer split pours not filling in OpenGL canvas

2017-02-02 Thread Andy Peters
This is odd. I’m doing a four-layer board, with the usual two inner layers for power (In1.Cu) and ground (In2.Cu) planes. I’m using the OpenGL canvas. I added a pour that covered the entire In2.Cu layer, attached it to the GND net, and the pour shows as solid fills. I put a couple of small pours

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] eeschema: invisible pin connection

2017-02-07 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 7, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Nox wrote: > > From a user point of perspective I would claim that the issue only raises > because there is the possibility to make pins invisible. Maybe someone can > explain to me the semantically need of invisible pins in general (beside the > fact that kicad

Re: [Kicad-developers] for comment: legacy canvas in V5 release

2017-02-08 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Mário Luzeiro wrote: > > As a technical reference, > KiCad webpage [1] it sugests as requirements a GPU with OpenGL 2.1 (btw, in > one line it suggests 2.1 on other two lines it suggests 2.0 ? ) > From wikipedia [2] this standard was release in July 2006, so on the

Re: [Kicad-developers] Inner-layer split pours not filling in OpenGL canvas

2017-02-09 Thread Andy Peters
nks for the help! -a > > Regards, > Orson > > On 02/03/2017 12:22 AM, Andy Peters wrote: >> This is odd. I’m doing a four-layer board, with the usual two inner layers >> for power (In1.Cu) and ground (In2.Cu) planes. I’m using the OpenGL canvas. >> >> I ad

Re: [Kicad-developers] Inner-layer split pours not filling in OpenGL canvas

2017-02-09 Thread Andy Peters
There is a question about this on forum.kicad.info today (https://forum.kicad.info/t/zone-filling-confusion/5245). Kicad’s behavior is correct (IMHO). I will check the pcbnew documentation and see if there is anything about this behavior, and maybe add something if necessary. -a > > On Thu, Fe

Re: [Kicad-developers] Differential pair DRC Errors

2017-02-12 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 12, 2017, at 5:59 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > I am using a nightly build from 26 January 2017 on a Mac. > > The design has a handful of differential pairs. I have set up design rules > for most nets in the design as 1.6 mm trace width and 1.6 mm clearance. I > cr

Re: [Kicad-developers] Differential pair DRC Errors

2017-02-13 Thread Andy Peters
earance -- i.e. it is >> requiring the clearance be greater than the minimum, not greater or equal. >> I'm not familiar enough with this part of the code to want to submit a patch >> for this now, but maybe someone who is familiar can comment on whether there >

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Future of GitHub libraries

2017-02-17 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 17, 2017, at 8:31 AM, Clemens Koller wrote: > > > > And: In the long-term we might also think about using git for project and > design management and versioning. (We could even store undo's and redo's in > git?) Except that not everyone likes or uses git. I use Subversion for my pr

Re: [Kicad-developers] Differential pair DRC Errors

2017-03-14 Thread Andy Peters
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:58 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > On 13.02.2017 01:59, Andy Peters wrote: >> I route the signals and run the DRC, and for every corner in the trace >> pairs, I get an ErrType(x): “Two Track Ends Too Close” complaint. >> Sometimes it

Re: [Kicad-developers] disable icons in menus by default on osx

2017-04-10 Thread Andy Peters
> On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:12 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I thought the reason that we added this option is so that users could > choose if they wanted to show the icons in menus. I seem to remember > from the original discussion that some of our osx users didn't like the > fact that they were

Re: [Kicad-developers] [QUESTION] Multiple symbols in .sweet format

2017-05-09 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 8, 2017, at 3:47 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 5/8/2017 6:22 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This is probably best addressed to Wayne, or anyone else who is keenly >> interested in the new .sweet format. >> >> Currently there is a very heated thread on the forums regard

Re: [Kicad-developers] Additional Patch for via properties dialog (2)

2017-08-22 Thread Andy Peters
> On Aug 22, 2017, at 3:10 AM, Simon Küppers wrote: > > I second this. Working in a Research Institute I can assure you, that very > often there are circuit boards with "interesting" stackups and via > configurations... These boards are not produced by quick-turn factories like > eurocircuits

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG in OSX Build

2014-10-13 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 12, 2014, at 9:40 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: > My build does not have any scripting enabled. > But the problem is easy to reproduce. Just start pcbnew before eeschema, and > eeschema is totally unusable as the screen is an ugly reddish color and I > could not find a way to fix it. Happe

Re: [Kicad-developers] BUG in OSX Build

2014-10-13 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 13, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote: > No. That change was done on intention - everything is in a single > bundle/application now to avoid duplicating all the libraries or > inter-application dependencies introduced by symlinks (as it was before). > At the moment you just can

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] eeschema: add Select button for footprints in single component field edits

2014-10-14 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 14, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Has anyone else looked at this patch? If you haven't, it adds a select > button that launches the footprint viewer to select a footprint to the > edit field properties dialog when the footprint field is selected. I > personally like it but s

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad on Mac OS - Yosemite is available - any experiences?

2014-10-17 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:36 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > From the www.apple.com/osx/?cit=wwa-us-kwg-mac-com web page: > > Redesigned interface. Completely new. Completely Mac. > > With OS X Yosemite, we set out to elevate the experience of using a Mac. To > do that, we looked at the entire system

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad on Mac OS - Yosemite is available - any experiences?

2014-10-17 Thread Andy Peters
On Oct 17, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > Folks, > > As far as I can tell, people are having a hard time building wxWidgets 3 for > Yosemite (OS X 10.10). I'm not the only one. > > https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/issues/32993 > > I am not using Homebrew to install it, of course, b

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stable release version numbers.

2014-10-20 Thread Andy Peters
> On Oct 19, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Ian Woloschin wrote: > > From a not-really-developer point of view, I do want to at least recommend > the user of year-based release schemes, similar to how Ubuntu or MATLAB, as > opposed to the more traditional "triplet" style numbering schemes. From what > I'

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad on Mac OS - Yosemite is available - any experiences?

2014-10-20 Thread Andy Peters
> On Oct 20, 2014, at 6:03 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > I had compiled wxWidgets 3.0.2 on my Mavericks OS and kicad seemed to work OK > last week. > > Yesterday I upgraded my build system to Yosemite - this required several > iterations of brew update, brew upgrade, brew doctor, then new Xcod

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bump wx for OS X to 3.0.2 (with an extra patch?)

2014-10-29 Thread Andy Peters
> On Oct 28, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Does anyone object to bumping wx to 3.0.2 for OS X, and adding the webdiff > patch so it'll work on OS X 10.10, released last week (the week before?) > > If I don't hear anything, I'll prep a patch for the docs and the > osx_

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX: opening PCBNew standalone

2014-10-30 Thread Andy Peters
> On Oct 30, 2014, at 8:15 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > You *must* do a “make install” and use that binaries/links (also, all the > bundling/relocatong of libs is only done on the binaries created during > install)… > Slight swerve here, but ... I didn't realize that one needed to do

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX updates

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 6, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Alternatively, what do folks think about packaging the libraries as a dmg? > The insides of the DMG would have the folder with the content, and a link to > copy them to their library location in their home directory, or for all users. > > I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bump wx for OS X to 3.0.2 (with an extra patch?)

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Oct 29, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Attached is a patch from the latest revision of KiCad to add a patch in the > patches/ directory suitable for building wxwidgets 3 on OS X 10.10 > (Yosemite). It does not add it to any build scripts in our tree per Bernhard.

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX updates

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:32 AM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: > > Bernhard and Adam, > I agree with Bernhard that the libraries should not be in the app bundle, but > the libraries should still be in the same dmg package, as it would be very > frustrating for a beginner to install the app and find out

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bump wx for OS X to 3.0.2 (with an extra patch?)

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
he same errors as before. It's complaining about Apple system frameworks (AppKit) and have the most recent command-line tools etc all installed. I get the same errors on both my MacBook Pro and my iMac so I assume I have the same tools installed on both. -a > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX updates

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > Yes, one .dmg is also fine with me. > > We shouldn’t put anything into the bundle that a user can change (like adding > his own symbol to a predefined library, etc.). > If the changes are stored in files inside the bundle itself t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bump wx for OS X to 3.0.2 (with an extra patch?)

2014-11-06 Thread Andy Peters
ried both 10.5 and 10.9 and both failed :( -a > > Regards, > Bernhard > > On 06.11.2014, at 19:57, Andy Peters wrote: > >>> >>> On Nov 6, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Adam Wolf >>> wrote: >>> >>> First, I patch the source w

Re: [Kicad-developers] emacs switches to Git

2014-11-12 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 12, 2014, at 3:51 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio > wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:16:21AM +, Joel Holdsworth wrote: >> So my question is, would kicad now consider a transition to Git? It seems >> now would be a great time to consider it. > > Please not another VCS transitions... >

Re: [Kicad-developers] emacs switches to Git

2014-11-12 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 12, 2014, at 8:57 AM, Joel Holdsworth wrote: > > >> If I thought for a second that a large number of our primary >> developers were going to exit the project because we weren't using >> git, then I would pull the trigger right now. I seriously doubt that >> bzr is much of a sticking p

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX: Configurable OS X target version for building KiCad

2014-11-26 Thread Andy Peters
> On Nov 26, 2014, at 1:10 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > Hi all, > > the attached bzr-bundle/patch (against 5302) removes the hard-coded > “-mmacosx-min-version=10.5” parameters for KiCad, internal boost, and > wxWidgets build script. > Instead, it is now required to specify the target

Re: [Kicad-developers] Another OS X build fail

2014-12-01 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 12:16 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > This > >> /Volumes/Drobo/Projects/kicad-build/wx-bin/include/wx-3.0/wx/strvararg.h:30:18: >> fatal error: 'tr1/type_traits' file not found >> #include >>^ >> 1 error generated. > > is almost for sure a sign

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Improve build experience on OSX

2014-12-08 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 8, 2014, at 3:27 AM, Johannes Maibaum wrote: > > Dear KiCad Developers, > > I have attached a patch that changes a few small things to improve some build > helper scripts for use on Mac OSX: > > 1) Make patches/wxwidgets-3.0.2_macosx_yosemite.patch usable: There were > complaints he

[Kicad-developers] Again with the glew on 10.10

2014-12-10 Thread Andy Peters
I must've done something evil to my build system, because I now get the following error when building the latest BZR: [ 46%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/gal.dir/draw_panel_gal.cpp.o In file included from /Users/andy/Projects/kicad-build/kicad/common/draw_panel_gal.cpp:38: In file inclu

Re: [Kicad-developers] Again with the glew on 10.10

2014-12-11 Thread Andy Peters
ich means that the make system assumes that glew is installed someplace else. Where is that include directory specified? I can install the glew stuff to wherever, just as long as I know where it is supposed to go! -a > > On Dec 10, 2014 6:52 PM, "Andy Peters" wrote: > I must&#

Re: [Kicad-developers] Again with the glew on 10.10

2014-12-11 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 11, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 12/11/2014 11:31 AM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >>> On Dec 10, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Adam Wolf >>> wrote: >>> >>> I have not seen this issue, but I am using brew for glew. >>> &

Re: [Kicad-developers] Again with the glew on 10.10

2014-12-11 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:51 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 12/11/2014 1:19 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >>> On Dec 11, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >>> >>> On 12/11/2014 11:31 AM, Andy Peters wrote: >>>> >>>>>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Again with the glew on 10.10

2014-12-14 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 11, 2014, at 11:58 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > Hi, > > not much I can help. > I always use MacPorts to install dependencies (including flew) and it works > without any problems. > MacPorts installs to /opt/local/… > Adam already told that it also works with Homebrew, which AF

Re: [Kicad-developers] footprint library table wizard: need testers

2014-12-22 Thread Andy Peters
> On Dec 21, 2014, at 8:46 AM, jp charras wrote: > > I committed the first version of a wizard to manage the footprint > library table dialog editor. > It help users to select the right plugin, an existing environment > variable or an absolute path, and add a list of new entries to the table. >

[Kicad-developers] Various pcbnew usability bugs/annoyances

2014-12-28 Thread Andy Peters
OK, I am back to actually using Kicad for a design. I am on BZR 5337 on OS X 10.9.5. In no particular order: a) In default canvas mode, using V to drop a via and switch to the other layer in the layer pair works as expected. In the OpenGL canvas, V (sometimes) drops the via but doesn't switch t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Odd DRC message

2014-12-30 Thread Andy Peters
from the right, where the two horizontal +15V traces meet a vertical trace, which goes down to the regulator. Believe me, I've drawn and re-drawn this thing like two dozen times! -a > > Den 30/12/2014 17.43 skrev "Andy Peters" : > I'm using my build of BZR 5337 on

Re: [Kicad-developers] Adding .gitignore file.

2015-01-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 6, 2015, at 7:08 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > so please refrain from the > usual git fanfare that seems to happen every time git is mentioned. I don't need a special directive to ignore git :) ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kica

Re: [Kicad-developers] Origin for Gerber plots

2015-01-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 6, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Thiadmer Riemersma > wrote: > > Hello Andy, > > When plotting the Gerbers and making the drill file, did you also specify to > use the "auxiliary axis"? This must be checked to have the Gerber and drill > file coordinates relative to the coordinates. Ohh,

Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: Setting OS X KISYSMOD value in bundle

2015-01-09 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 9, 2015, at 4:34 AM, Brian Sidebotham > wrote: > > On 8 January 2015 at 13:44, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> Fully defined paths can be used in the fp-lib-table if that is your >> preference. Environment variable substitution is optional. You are >> free to use any environment variable

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX path wrangling

2015-01-12 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 12, 2015, at 11:37 AM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > I run a Time Capsule on my local network, so having stuff in a folder that is > automatically backed up is good. I know that Documents is backed up. Gang: Time Machine on OS X backs up EVERYTHING, except that which you explicitly

Re: [Kicad-developers] Some schematics library structure ideas

2015-01-14 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 10, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Fat-Zer wrote: > > Hi, I've got a some ideas how to improve some parts if kicad schematics > library. > > 1. A common schematics: > There are a bunch of compomets with nearly the same schematics but different > in pin order/numbers. Also there are several vari

Re: [Kicad-developers] Some schematics library structure ideas

2015-01-15 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 14, 2015, at 7:46 PM, Fat-Zer wrote: >> >> Sorry about accidental send previous message. >> >> 2015-01-14 18:53 GMT+03:00 Andy Peters : >> > 2. Different images of the same schematic component. >> > There are already such variants for som

Re: [Kicad-developers] Missing layers bug

2015-01-26 Thread Andy Peters
> On Jan 26, 2015, at 2:31 PM, Milan Horák wrote: > > > Přeposlaná zpráva > Předmět: Kicad bazaar snapshots > Datum: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:35:32 +0400 > Od: Александр Кулешов > Komu: stran...@tiscali.cz > > Hello. Thank you for your work. > In the last assembly 5376 pcbnew sto

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default environment variables.

2015-02-04 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 4, 2015, at 7:31 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > (I'm at least half OS X people, and I'm happy!) I'm probably 33.3% of OS X people, and I am happy about this too! -a ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-deve

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Nightlies Update

2015-02-17 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 17, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > > There was an issue with the PCBnew display - there were no scrollbars on the > board view. It makes things difficult without those scrollbars. I see scrollbars in my builds when using the Default canvas. In GAL mode the scrollbars van

Re: [Kicad-developers] OSX Nightlies Update

2015-02-18 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 18, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > Adam, > > I think you made the prudent design decision to make the pretty > footprints available locally as an option. Nice job with the readme. > This should get new users up and running quickly. > > Thanks, > > Wayne Can the locat

Re: [Kicad-developers] Mac OS X nightlies are up!

2015-02-22 Thread Andy Peters
> On Feb 22, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Garth Corral wrote: > > Yeah, not shipped with OS X. It would be something that was built. > Presuming that the new build configured exactly like the old build it would > be interesting to see. Guys, for what it's worth, I downloaded pixman from source and bui

[Kicad-developers] Thanks to the devs, especially the OS X guys

2015-02-23 Thread Andy Peters
I just wanted to say thanks to all of the developers working hard on Kicad. I lurk on this list and do as much OS X testing as possible (I do daily builds on two different machines), so I don't contribute as much as the rest of you. I just sent the design files for the second design I've done in

[Kicad-developers] Default location for Python plug-in scripts on OS X?

2015-03-03 Thread Andy Peters
Subject says it all ... I enabled Python scripting in my OS X builds and wanted to try the footprint plug-in, but I don't know where pcbnew looks for the scripts, and it thinks none are available. I'm on BZR 5469. Say thankya. -a ___ Mailing list:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default location for Python plug-in scripts on OS X?

2015-03-03 Thread Andy Peters
e scripting… My immediate interest was the footprint wizard. I also have this idea of running a script which would renumber the reference designators in a geographical fashion (so assembly/test techs don't hate the layout) and backannotate that to the schematic. But I might wait until sc

[Kicad-developers] Building wxPython-3.0.2.0 on OS X 10.10

2015-03-10 Thread Andy Peters
I decided to try the python scripting (namely for the footprint wizard) and I'm using the osx_build_wx.sh script, using the usual invocation: $ kicad/scripts/osx_build_wx.sh wx-src wx-bin kicad 10.10 "-j4" and it chugs along for a while, until it gets to: running install_egg_info Writing /User

Re: [Kicad-developers] Building wxPython-3.0.2.0 on OS X 10.10

2015-03-11 Thread Andy Peters
e fatal. Is it? it is, because something ends up not installed in wx-config and then the Kicad build fails. -a > > Garth > >> On Mar 10, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >> I decided to try the python scripting (namely for the footprint wizard) and >

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Option in eeschema to annotate keeping multi-unit parts grouped

2015-03-13 Thread Andy Peters
> On Mar 13, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > Hello, > > Here is a patch for eeschema that adds "Reset existing annotation, but do not > swap any units" to eeschema. This first compiles a list of multi-unit parts > and all of the components that comprise them, and then on annotation

[Kicad-developers] Again, thanks for all of the hard work.

2015-03-19 Thread Andy Peters
Developer Gang: I just wanted to again say thanks for all of the hard work. I just got boards back from fab and built up the first article of my little IR remote audio volume control gizmo (an itch that had to be scratched). The boards, designed with Kicad, were perfect. Info here: http://www.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feature Request: ViaStiching

2015-03-23 Thread Andy Peters
> On Mar 23, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > KiCad does not currently support standalone vias, and I think that would be a > necessity before a *clean* implementation of this could be done. The only > other options are to either place a /footprint/ as a via (nasty), or place a > w

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bob's Mac Usability Problems

2015-04-02 Thread Andy Peters
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:24 AM, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am using a 5k IMac with a standard PC logitech mouse. I have the nightly > build 5547 installed. > > I do not experience any problems with zooming in GAL. (Besides the already > reported bug with the F2 button) W

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bob's Mac Usability Problems

2015-04-02 Thread Andy Peters
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Garth Corral wrote: > > In response to your previous comments, Wayne, I said: > > "I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to do anything, but I will try. > > I have no Windows or Linux machines so if someone could provide me a Windows > binary of the trackpad branc

Re: [Kicad-developers] Bob's Mac Usability Problems

2015-04-02 Thread Andy Peters
> On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote: > > >> On Apr 2, 2015, at 1:16 PM, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 02.04.2015 21:17, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote: Hi Maciek, I just tested it a

Re: [Kicad-developers] Latest trackpad action tests on OSX -r5582

2015-04-08 Thread Andy Peters
On Apr 8, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > Application: kicad > Version: (2015-04-07 BZR 5582)-product Release build > wxWidgets: Version 3.0.2 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC > 4.2.1,STL containers,compatible with 2.8) > Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 14.1.0 x86_64), 64 bit, L

Re: [Kicad-developers] Latest trackpad action tests on OSX -r5582

2015-04-08 Thread Andy Peters
> On Apr 8, 2015, at 3:21 PM, Garth Corral wrote: > > The diagonal panning is the issue I found. As Andy points out, the reverse > scrolling is configurable in system preferences. This was added to OS X > expressly to accommodate the trackpad. The Mac trackpad (at least on my 17" MacBook Pr

[Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is repeatedly crashing. It happens on both my 10.9 machine and my 10.10 machine. In OpenGL mode, it seems to get confused about menus, or something. It happens if I right-click to do something. I am not exactly sure what conditions

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 1:03 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > > On 05/06/2015 09:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote:> Using Adam’s nightly OS X > builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is repeatedly crashing. It > happens on both my 10.9 machine and my 10.10 machine. In OpenGL mode, it >

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is > repeatedly crashing. It happens on both my 10.9 machine and my 10.10 machine. > In OpenGL mode, it seems to get confused about menus, or something. It

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 1:31 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > > On 05/06/2015 10:23 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >>> On May 6, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >>> >>> Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is >>> repe

[Kicad-developers] pcbnew prints too many pages

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
And this just happened, and it has happened earlier, too. I just got some parts and I wanted to check them against the footprints and placement on a layout, so I went to print it out. I chose “Single Page” for “page print” in the “print” dialog box. I enabled seven layers to print and I got sev

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-06 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Bob Gustafson wrote: > > Hi Andy > > I was testing Adam's 5645 Nightly version with the scripting turned on. I was > not able to get it to crash, but I also was not able to find the trigger for > "Edit Line Segment Properties" dialog box. I was in Edge Cuts layer

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-07 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is > repeatedly crashing. It happens on both my 10.9 machine and my 10.10 machine. > In OpenGL mode, it seems to get confused about menus, or something. It

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-08 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 8, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: > > I am using a Logitek wireless mouse which is easier then the Mac trackpad. > > The board I used is not too complex. It is the CRAMPS board for 3D printers > with Beaglebone black. It is an open hardware board that anyone can download,

[Kicad-developers] Unclear documentation

2015-05-08 Thread Andy Peters
I was just skimming the kicad.info forum and a person had a question about why some parts did not end up in the position file needed for assembly. Another thread mentioned that that can be handled by setting an “attribute” for each part in pcbnew. So I looked it up. (It has not affected me becau

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-10 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 9, 2015, at 6:12 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > Hi, > >> On 08.05.2015, at 05:22, Andy Peters wrote: >> >> >>> On May 6, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >>> >>> Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently

[Kicad-developers] sound when selecting anything in pcbnew OpenGL mode

2015-05-10 Thread Andy Peters
On my Macs, not sure if this affects other platforms, but … Say you put your mouse over a footprint and hit “M” to move it. When you do that, it makes a noise (“boomp”). And it’s annoying, especially if you’re listening to music on the computer through studio monitors (Genelecs here) at the sa

Re: [Kicad-developers] Unclear documentation

2015-05-10 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 9, 2015, at 2:27 AM, jp charras wrote: > > Le 09/05/2015 00:08, Andy Peters a écrit : >> I was just skimming the kicad.info forum and a person had a question about >> why some parts did not end up in the position file needed for assembly. >> Another thread

Re: [Kicad-developers] Unclear documentation

2015-05-11 Thread Andy Peters
ly step. > > Just my $0.02. > Jean-Paul > AC9GH Right, so then this option needs even more consideration, and perhaps the result will be not one, but two files for the automated stuffing machines. -a >> On May 10, 2015, at 10:24 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >>&

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-11 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 6, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > Using Adam’s nightly OS X builds, most recently BZR 5645, pcbnew is > repeatedly crashing. It happens on both my 10.9 machine and my 10.10 machine. > In OpenGL mode, it seems to get confused about menus, or something. It

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad feature videos?

2015-05-12 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 12, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm preparing a presentation on KiCad for Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. > (Fun fact: the presentation after me is someone designing a Raspberry Pi > daughterboard *on KiCad on a Raspberry Pi*). > > The audience will be f

Re: [Kicad-developers] who has been able to make a mac build in the last month?

2015-05-13 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 13, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier > wrote: > > Hi, > > I made successfully some builds last weekend… after I sorted out the cmake > problems with using a non-system openssl I have posted. > I always use external boost from MacPorts (just like all other dependencies) > at lea

Re: [Kicad-developers] hard crash with pcbnew

2015-05-18 Thread Andy Peters
> On May 18, 2015, at 5:09 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > > Hi, > > I have just committed a patch that should fix the problem. I will build and test tonight! > Finally I had > an opportunity to play with a MacBook, and it resulted in two more > changes for Macs: > - Apple MagicMouse and trackpa

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