A way I would like to try is to create a 2 layers board, and
then use the bottom layer for horizontal connections and the upper layer
for vertical connections (using vias to go from on side to the other). In
this way you will get with Kicad a board, and a 3D view of this board, which
may be close to your request. Of course you do not will have the non
necessary holes, neither the unnecessary tracks.
Good luck,
Jean-Paul
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Jean-Paul Gendner
03.88.27.03.44
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De : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] De la
part de Andrew
Envoyé : lundi 9 août 2010 17:51
À : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Objet : [kicad-users] Using Kicad to layout stripboards.
A few days ago I posted a message about using Kicad to create a stripboard
layout. After getting no reply, I decided to just have ago. I already used
the free version of Veecad to layout my board, but what I really wanted was
a 3D view, so I just recreated the circuit in EESchema , used CVpcb to link
the modules to the netlist, and then finally created a template in PCBNew of
a stripboard with holes at 0.1" pitch, and used that template to layout the
parts just as the Veecad print out. The green bottom tracks are the copper
strips on the stripboard, the green X's are the track breaks needed, and the
red tracks on top of the board are the wire links. I will post a couple of
images in the File section for you to look at, so that you can see what I'm
talking about. The circuit in question is one half of a Computer Operated
Telescope drive system that I am in the process of building.
Andy
