Re: [Kicad-developers] thoughts on hierarchical schematics

Kicad implemented hierarchy in a way that was different than how it was usually done by the rest of the industry. The fix is to see how everyone does it and do it the same way. 1) Projects and Libraries merge into a single entity . The project that you design and upload to github.com is download

[Kicad-developers] Arc of a circle questions

In Kicad an arc is defined by Center point X and Y, Radius, Start and End angles in 10ths of a degree and Start and End points X and Y. This is overkill since the polar representation fully defines the Arc and the Cartesian start and end points are redundant. Some quick experiments on how kicad

Re: [Kicad-developers] Component format use cases

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > I've started collecting a few ideas on use cases for the new component > format. I suspect others have done the same. > > Is there a good place to collect all of these and/or collaboratively > edit them? > >Simon What you are

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad version and install location

On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Mark Roszko wrote: > Wayne, > > Guess going to suggest it should be a priority to version the config > into folders. > > This is a user made chart on how to install kicad 5 which honestly is > silly it has to even exist lol >

Re: [Kicad-developers] explode an intersection, how to start?

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 9:22 PM, jc wrote: > I would like to explode an intersect, like 2 lines,if crossed, turn into 4. > > > This can be done easily with a line of command in autocad, 30yrs ago. > > I want to mske that happen in 4.0.7. Where should i start? > > Start by asking if you really

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

On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > If we are going to support multiple versions, on the developer side, we > should add a preference versioning to the user configuration directory. > Otherwise, fp-lib-table will being either pointing to v4 or v5

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema 6.0 file format / data structure

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > On 29.03.2018 15:02, Jeff Young wrote: > > > (That way the Symbol > > Settings dialog maps 1:1 with the parent symbol, and the Symbol Fields > > dialog maps 1:1 with the alias.) > > I wonder if it would

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:47 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > Netlist export is a key feature of every schematic editor. So is > multi-sheet support. These aren't random extra features, they are a normal > part of any modern schematic editor. > > Yes they are necessary features. My

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > > Please, give me a single argument what benefits Kicad would get by > having a netlist generator as a separate program. I also asked you for > an example of a successful graphical editing application

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:26 AM, Andy Peters <de...@latke.net> wrote: > > > On Mar 7, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Ouabache Designworks <z3qmt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > If you are doing a PCB with a FPGA on it then you really want that FPGA > designer to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 11:59 PM, Russell Oliver wrote: > From what I am reading John your call for acting on the files on disk > instead of memory is a call for a clear demarcation of actions that need to > be irrevocable and require the project data to be consistent. > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:01 PM, José Ignacio wrote: > The separate program issue is just an implementation detail. The main > thing that Kicad is headed for is the refactoring slated for the 6.0 dev > cycle. The cleaner data structure foundation and subsequent decoupling

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 3:08 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: > > Which features you think should go to separate programs? > Export netlist for one. It is a simple addition as long as your design fits completely on the sheet that you are editing but what happens if you

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > Hi all, > > Since my day job involves a lot of engineering planning/timelines/etc, > I've had this rolling around in my head... > I started brainstorming some proposed changes to the roadmaps. > > I am using Google drive

Re: [Kicad-developers] IPC-2581

On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 3:37 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > I'm not opposed to KiCad taking part in this it's just a simple matter > of lack of time. If someone else is interested in representing KiCad at > these meetings, I would not be opposed to that it's just not going

Re: [Kicad-developers] IPC-2581

This might be a good time to discuss industry standards and how they are currently undergoing a massive change that the Kicad team could help with. Standards have in the past been created by large formal organizations like the IEEE for the entire industry.They were written in a very strict and

Re: [Kicad-developers] IPC-2581

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 4:20 PM, Jeff Young wrote: > > Maybe we should submit the kicad board file for acceptance as the > standard. ;) > > It’s actually not a bad idea. My board house takes Gerbers or Kicad, and > nothing else. > > Plus, it’s open source, which standards bodies

Re: [Kicad-developers] IPC-2581

differed from the standard and could move to support it. John Eaton On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca> wrote: > On 2018-02-20 11:19 AM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: > >> Does Kicad have anyone working with these folks? >> > [snip] > >>

[Kicad-developers] IPC-2581

Does Kicad have anyone working with these folks? Found this on semiwiki.com Hemant enthusiastically replied, *“We encourage anyone interested in improving board design processes to join the consortium – there is no fee, and no contracts. There are both corporate and associate levels of

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad talk at FOSDEM

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 10:52 PM, Carsten Schoenert <c.schoen...@t-online.de> wrote: > Am 06.02.2018 um 07:15 schrieb Andrey Kuznetsov: > > KiCad is open source. > > That doesn't prevents you from being trapped by patent trolls etc. So > the concerns of Ouabache Designwo

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad talk at FOSDEM

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Thank you everyone for the feedback. Unfortunately I only have 20 minutes > for my talk so I have to fit in what I can. I could easily have filled up > a 1 hour talk and still needed more time. I actually spend

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad talk at FOSDEM

Good talk. Wayne mentioned a significant contribution from Digi-Key, Is this one of those secret contributions or can you tell us how big the check was? John Eaton ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to :

Re: [Kicad-developers] Dealing with multifunction pins (Symbol)

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 7:29 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: > On 2018-02-04 05:53 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > >> On 30.01.2018 16:01, Augusto Fraga Giachero wrote: >> >> I've been designing schematics with some stm32 parts using the standard >>> Kicad libraries, and a lot of these

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Re: [Kicad-developers] Usability test.

Remember, you are only a newbie for a short time but will spend most of your time as an experienced user. You want the tool to be powerful yet easy enough to learn so that newbies don't give up before learning the tool. You can do this with the ability to configure features so that you enable

Re: [Kicad-developers] unified configuration files placement proposal

You are assuming that every designer uses one and only one configuration for all their needs. I usually have several projects active at any time any would like to customize each one. How do we handle that? John Eaton On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 10:11 AM, ml m...@dasir.net wrote: Hi! Current

Re: [Kicad-developers] bzr is unmaintained. Should we move KiCAD repository to git too?

My experience has been that any code worth writing will long outlive whatever rcs system that you are using. Expect to have to do this on a regular basis John Eaton On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Kaspar Emanuel kaspar.eman...@gmail.comwrote: This discussion springing up on emacs-devel is

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad symbol and footprint libraries

I would not worry so much about a central repository. As your designs grow you will find yourself using parts from a variety of different repositories so the best way is to have an easy way to pull in outside parts and then grabbing any repository is taken care of for you. I would advise looking