Re: [kicad-users] pin position occupied - false positives ?

2009-05-20 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Werner Almesberger a écrit : When working with a component that contains multiple independent units, KiCad warns about pin locations being occupied even if the conflicting pin is in a different unit. This may to be unnecessary. I've attached a patch that suppresses the warning if the pins

Re: [kicad-users] Drill file missing vias

2009-05-18 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
wdoe999 a écrit : I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but... I created 3 boards that have one or more vias on each. If I create a drill file for each board, the drill file does contain all of the via drill holes for that board. I then put the 3 boards onto one panel and then

Re: [kicad-users] ErrType(16) - Two track ends

2009-04-20 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Boris Barbour a écrit : Hi, Is it possible to join a track to a net without starting drawing on the net in question? In other words, if I start tracing in the middle of nowhere, the track is assigned to Net:0/noname. It is then impossible to join it to another net with DRC on (I get

Re: [kicad-users] Zone fill issue. Another one...

2009-04-05 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Alain M. a écrit : Hi Jean Pierre, I also found a problem in the new version with Zone fill: I needed a pad to be round on one side and right-angled on the other side. To do that, I ploted an ARC on the solder-side. This makes an extra copper area exactly as I need. The only problem is

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Zone fill freezes PCBnew!

2009-03-01 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
oecherexpat a écrit : Hi Jean-Pierre, Please find the file WMD-20090227. brd in the files area inside the Zone filling issue folder. As mentioned, I tried the latest stable version as well as 20090118 (which actually shows 20090107 in the header), both under XP SP3. Can also try on Ubuntu

Re: [kicad-users] Re: information about demos video board

2009-03-01 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
cf...@rocketmail.com a écrit : Nobody ? --- In kicad-users@ yahoogroups. com mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com, cf...@... cf...@... wrote: Hi all, who has made the video board demos in kicad ? just to know, how does he made the routing ? manually, autorouter(kicad) or

Re: [kicad-users] Support for blind and buried vias?

2009-02-09 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Boris Barbour a écrit : Hi, I am considering a design that would use blind and buried vias. However, KiCad rather scarily says it is experimental, and the changelog seems to suggest it cannot yet be used for production. Is it known not to work or should work but untested? Should

Re: [kicad-users] Fields Properties in Libedit

2009-01-14 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Carlo Garberi a écrit : Please note: in Kicad-2009-12- 29: EESCHEMA Libedit Edit Components Properties there is no more the field FIELD and you can not edit/modify the properties of a components into Libedit. You have a new tool to edit/add/remove fields in Libedit -- Jean-Pierre

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Can anyone explain why EEschema uses A and B for pin numbers?

2008-09-18 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
calvingrier a écrit : --- In kicad-users@ yahoogroups. com mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com, Pedro Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think you are not doing anything wrong. But there are only 2 choices: 1. Edit eeschema R an C and change pin numbers to 1 an 2. 2. Edit

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Zone delimiter problem on PCBNEW.

2008-09-16 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
gembler01 a écrit : This problem is reappearing in both the next-to-latest (2008-07-15 Final Win XP) and the latest version (2008-08-25 Final Win XP). In 2008-07-15 I successfully defined and filled a zone. I then deleted the zone filling and refilled the zone, without changing the zone

[kicad-users] Kicad new stable version (release candidate)

2008-07-15 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
I uploaded the last stable (autoinstall for windows and a full .tgz archive for linux) release to iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ Please, note the kicad tree was modified, and it is better to remove old installs. Also note the official kicad site is (update yours links)

Re: [kicad-users] Re: help in using my downloaded libraries

2008-03-07 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
deaninkc a écrit : No offense taken. Believe me I develop accounting software for a living and have dealt with enough people not reading the documentation to know better. I've read and googled for hours and I seem to be overlooking this one. I don't even see a mention of a .mdc file

[kicad-users] Kicad release candidate (kicad-2007-11-19-RC) uploaded

2007-12-04 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Due to a problem in eeschema annotation, I released a new candidate version (kicad-2007-11-29-RC2). See: iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS Maître de conférences Directeur d'études 2ieme année. Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle 2 Institut Universitaire de

Re: [kicad-users] module numbering

2007-11-27 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
dave a écrit : jean-pierre charras wrote: dave a écrit : Dan Andersson wrote: On Sunday 25 November 2007 07:15:05 dave wrote: what am i doing wrong? i drew up a schematic and made a netlist and started to layout the board. i found an error and

[kicad-users] Kicad release candidate (kicad-2007-11-19-RC) uploaded

2007-11-20 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
A Kicad release candidate (kicad-2007-11-19-RC) was uploaded. See: iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS Maître de conférences Directeur d'études 2ieme année. Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle 2 Institut Universitaire de Technologie 1 de Grenoble BP 67, 38402 St Martin

Re: [kicad-users] WinEDA_DrillFrame::GenDrillMap() : Unexpected Draw Type

2007-10-30 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
barkerben a écrit : Hi - First off apologies for posting to users and developers - that was a mistake! I am getting the error listed in the subject line when I try to create a drill file for my board, however having said that the drill files do appear to be created succesfully. Does

Re: [kicad-users] Re: WinEDA_DrillFrame::GenDrillMap() : Unexpected Draw Type

2007-10-30 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Cool - thanks. So the drill file that is produced is OK, and is not affected by this error? The drill file is Ok. This problem is due to drc markers on your board which are not drawn in drill map. You can remove these markers if you want. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS Maître de conférences

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Some questions on how to best use kicad

2007-10-04 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
The answer to the problem ( how to link footprints and component) is : Use the .equ files with cvpcb and use the automatic association feature of cvpcb. A .equ file is the file which handle the component (exactly the value of a component and its footprint. (see in Cvpcb doc, the very short

Re: [kicad-users] composite layers and negative plots

2007-09-21 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
barkerben a écrit : One more question (I have answered the above myself via experimentation). I got the following from Olimex, who I use to etch boards: Hi, Your gerbers contain composite layers and negative plots (G36 G37 commands). On such gerbers we can't do DRC check, panelization nor to

Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew 2007-07-09 crash

2007-09-10 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
I have teste the board with pcbnew version 2007-07-09 (last stable version) and some other versions. I do not have any crash ans i cannot fix anything. Please can you download the pcbnew.exe from: ftp://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/kicad/winexe and test it. Perhaps there is a problem in your

Re: [kicad-users] Is there a way to view just one layer at a time on the screen ?

2007-06-05 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Dan a écrit : I was wondering if there is a way to view just one layer at a time on the screen ? I couldn't see where in the menu this might be. I recall seeing this feature in other tools. I was able to turn off layers to view any one separately. This is the Hight contrast mode (left

Re: [kicad-users] Re: PADS-PCB netlist generation?

2007-05-30 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
Vignesh a écrit : Hi all, I'm also running into exactly the same problem. I am using unicode version of eeschema (2007-05-25) . I even tried running the executable from command line, it generates the following: *PADS-PCB* *PART* *END* Nothing else. I've done DRC checks and no errors,

Re: [kicad-users] Error drawing arcs

2007-05-22 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
kicad a écrit : Hello When I'm trying to draw arcs in the module editor they all look like cake slices IE they all show the radiuslines, same with all the components in the librarys witch contain arcs. This is a wxGTK bug (see how-to-build-kicad.txt) Last version of wxGTK does not have

Re: [kicad-users] Power Gnd seen as components?

2007-02-27 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
richmogd a écrit : Hi All, I'm struggling to work out what I should be doing with the power and ground connections. Basically, I've been using the 3.3V power and GND power for the corresponding connection in my circuit. Each time I use one of these power, kicad asks me to annotate them, so

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Library not found

2007-02-19 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
The kicad autoinstall package has a problem: Its creates a directory named KiCad, and kicad (which is case sensitive) expects a directory named kicad. Therefore kicad does not find the help files and some other files (default config files and dictionnaries) In order to avoid problems: Rename

[kicad-users] Kicad update

2007-01-18 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
I have uploaded a new (stable version) : kicad-2007-01-15 -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS Maître de conférences Directeur d'études 2ieme année. Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle 2 Institut Universitaire de Technologie 1 de Grenoble BP 67, 38402 St Martin d'Heres Cedex Recherche : LIS - INPG

[kicad-users] New kicad release candidate

2007-01-03 Thread jean-pierre charras - INPG
I have uploaded a new kicad release candidate (kicad-2007-01-03-RC2) at: iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ Some bugs are fixed. Some new enhancements. This is the last release candidate before the stable version. -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS Maître de conférences Directeur d'études 2ieme année. Génie