Hi Marcos and Marco,
please find attached the dxf that I did from scratch using 4 arcs in
LibreCAD
I copied manually the path from palta2.dxf, then exported in dxf R12
The result is fine in kicad and I get a closed path also for Edge cuts.
in kicad there are 4 arcs
(gr_arc (start 178.564202
3D MCAD will generally represent even simple circular arcs as B-Splines,
so it it likely that your arcs were written to DXF as B-Splines or Bezier
curves.
Use librecad to draw the arcs instead; 2D CADs will generally represent
conics as a Euclidean formulation on a Cartesian plane. Re-exporting wil
guys,
the quality of the new KiCad webpage is surreal !
well done.
Fabrizio
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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> I'd put in my vote for serving it ourselves, if it's not too much
> trouble. I also don't much care for external resources.
>
> On Fri, Aug 2
My few thoughts on class D_PAD.
D_PAD class should be also replacement for VIAs(or VIA should be subclass of
D_PAD instead TRACK) and only container of:
- so many as needed copper shapes(actual simple ones plus closed berzier, poly
etc.) with LSETs each (no need to differ pads to SMD, STD, CONN, N
Hi Maurice,
The interesting issue then is that the procedure of 'simply' importing
in LibreCad and then "Save As' DXF R12 as currently documented in the
'pcbnew' manual did not fix the issue.
Other than 'redrawing' as you did, is there another 'fool proof' way
that this could have worked tha
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 13:59, from Marco Hess:
Hi Maurice,
The interesting issue then is that the procedure of 'simply' importing in
LibreCad and then "Save As' DXF R12 as currently documented in the 'pcbnew'
manual did not fix the issue.
Other than 'redrawing' as you d
Hi Easyw
I think they will fit fine on the 3d-viewer page. But we would need to
be able to distinguish your kicad stepup script and the VRML only
models. I think it could be explained under the video with a few
sentences. Feel free to make a pull request with that and the images.
2015-09-09 0:45
For now I converted the circle into two 180 degree arcs which solved my
problem. I looked at the vrml export code and the only way I can see to
resolve the issue is to export the silkscreen text last so that any
circles do not obscure the text. It may also be possible to make the
hole in the circ
This board is exposing all kinds of issues. First vrml export, now the
DXF plots are wrong. I know I've plotted dxfs for similar shaped boards
in the past. I don't know if it's this board in particular or something
has been changed in the dxf plotter. Could someone with experience with
the dxf
On 09.09.2015 15:58, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> This board is exposing all kinds of issues. First vrml export, now the
> DXF plots are wrong. I know I've plotted dxfs for similar shaped boards
> in the past. I don't know if it's this board in particular or something
> has been changed in the dxf p
That fixed the problem. I committed your patch. Thanks for the quick
response.
Cheers,
Wayne
On 9/9/2015 10:35 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> On 09.09.2015 15:58, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> This board is exposing all kinds of issues. First vrml export, now the
>> DXF plots are wrong. I know I
Is it possible to make a unittest with this? Using the python
framework we have for it?
2015-09-09 17:52 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh :
> That fixed the problem. I committed your patch. Thanks for the quick
> response.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 9/9/2015 10:35 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
>> On 0
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 17:56, from easyw:
A good solution is to open palta2.dxf, select the object and explode it (I'm
using LibreCAD 2.0.8 in windows: Select object, Menu Modify Explode)
Seems that is kind of Berzier Curve, not few arcs. Probably that shape
needs to
Hello,
I have just discovered KiCad. Great work guys.
Can KiCad export to ODB++?
Thanks
Dan
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Dan,
Thank you for giving KiCad a try. The members of the KiCad development
team are glad you like it.
KiCad does not support ODB++ and probably wont until it becomes an open
standard. ODB++ is currently controlled by Mentor Graphics and requires
signing and NDA just to get a copy of the format
I don't see why not. I haven't tried to create a unit test using the
Python framework yet but it certainly wouldn't hurt to give a shot. I'm
probably not going to have time until after the stable release to take a
look at it.
On 9/9/2015 11:58 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Is it possible to make
I still consider that a message to be added as warning in the import
dialog saying "use R12 dxf version without polyline" would be useful
On 09/09/2015 18.31, LordBlick wrote:
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 17:56, from easyw:
A good solution is to open palta2.dxf, select the
It would also be nice to have a thermal via/pad class, without solder
mask and silk screen, visible/available also to python scripting...
that would improve footprint wizard to create QFN footprints with
exposed pad and thermal vias.
https://kicad-info.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/1X/7f92
Hello,
I would like to start making contributions to KiCad... I noticed that when
placing pins when creating a symbol, you have to type a name and pin number
everytime
90% of the time the pin number is just N+1 the last pin number... I would like
to volunteer to have a go at adding tha
Wayne,
ODB++ is now "open".
http://www.odb-sa.com/resources
(You just have to register a simple account that does not require an NDA).
But yes the shitty part is this:
"Download of the ODB++ Specification does not grant a license to
develop software interfaces based on the format specification.
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 21:26, from easyw:
It would also be nice to have a thermal via/pad class, without solder mask
and silk screen, visible/available also to python scripting... that would
improve footprint wizard to create QFN footprints with exposed pad and
thermal vi
Mark,
I'm not surprised. Without a license, we would potentially skating on
thin legal ice. I'm not comfortable with this kind of dubious licensing
arrangement. There may also be licensing compatibility issues with
using GPL code to generate a licensed file format. One way to get
around the is
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 22:38, from Wayne Stambaugh:
Any takers to put their own personal name on that one?
Give the job to Chuck Norris
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This sounds like it could be useful feature. Take a look at the pin
edit dialog code as well. We are currently in feature freeze for the
upcoming stable release so all new features will be merged during the
next development cycle.
Before you submit any patches, please read the coding policy. Yo
In response to a message written on 09.09.2015, 20:53, from easyw:
I still consider that a message to be added as warning in the import dialog
saying "use R12 dxf version without polyline" would be useful
Maybe: „Polyline detected, try to explode/split it in LibreCAD/qcad and save in
R12 dxf ver
I just added
AddMenuItem( submenuImport, ID_GEN_IMPORT_DXF_FILE,
_( "&DXF File (R12 best supported (no polylines), units mm)" ),
to my import menu in
menubar_pcbframe.cpp
That is an easy reminder each time I use import dxf function :)
On 09/09/2015 22.52, LordBlick wrote:
In response
I think that kind of text is better suited in the DXF import dialog itself.
2015-09-09 23:08 GMT+02:00 easyw :
> I just added
>
> AddMenuItem( submenuImport, ID_GEN_IMPORT_DXF_FILE,
> _( "&DXF File (R12 best supported (no polylines), units mm)" ),
>
> to my import menu in
> menubar_pcbfra
I 'rewrote' the DXF R12 conversion procedure for the manual as follows.
I checked it like this and this works with the original DXF file from
Marcos.
Does this reflect the general understanding?
Notes on importing DXF files
The *DXF* import capability in KiCad is limited as there is no
I second this, sounds useful :)
On Wed, Sep 09, 2015 at 04:46:56PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> This sounds like it could be useful feature. Take a look at the pin
> edit dialog code as well. We are currently in feature freeze for the
> upcoming stable release so all new features will be merg
Just on the DXF import dialog now I played with it a bit more again, I
noted that there is a distinct behavioural difference depending on the
canvas used.
In the 'default' canvas, the import allows the setting the origin of the
DXF relative to the board and works as advertised.
However, in t
On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:45:26 +0200,
Dan Walmsley wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have just discovered KiCad. Great work guys.
>
> Can KiCad export to ODB++?
At the moment, no.
In future, with great difficulty :P
ODB++ is so closed that AFAIK you need to be in the consortium to have
the specification
On Wed, 09 Sep 2015 22:45:08 +0200,
LordBlick wrote:
> Give the job to Chuck Norris
Invoking the Roundhouse Kick License Exception ? :D
It's not the first time Mentor backtracks on licensing terms. The IPC
footprint calculator (pcb-libraries, Valor... it's Mentor behind them
:D) was first a free
Yo.
On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Jacob Schmidt wrote:
>
> is remarkably unintuitive; making a footprint is EASY, saving it is
>>> HARD.
>>>
>> Where is the unintuitive part? Select library, save footprint; end of
>> the story. Slightly more complex if you use the master board repository
>> ap
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 03:41:50 +0200,
Chris Pavlina wrote:
>
> I second this, sounds useful :)
Also pcbnew works in the same way when placing pads, that would be consistent...
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