[kicad-users] Re: Convert from Eagle to Kicad
I am working very hard on transfering my library and schematic from Eagle and have finally had a bit more luck today. I am indeed using the above mentioned ULP file. There still seem to be a couple of problems. 1. Kicad gags on ICs with more than one part for some reason and aborts drawing the rest of the schematic. 2. The components do not arrive in the correct orientation. 3. I had to change a line in the schematic ULP because it was changing / to _ in the names of the components. I would appreciate it if somebody could help me with these problems. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Strang hi...@... wrote: The schematic comes over without symbols or nets. So far we have been unsuccessful in transferring a net file. ---Original Message--- From: Andy Eskelson Date: 6-4-2010 11:55:42 To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Convert from Eagle to Kicad Have you found this script: http://www.cadsoft.de/cgi-bin/download pl?page=/home/cadsoft/html_public/download.htm.endir=eagle/userfiles/ulp eagle2kicad_sch.ulp ? I don't know if it's any good, I don't use eagle . Andy On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:27:01 +0200 (West-Europa (zomertijd)) Daniel Strang hi...@... wrote: To Whom It May Concern: I have been forced to switch from Eagle to Kicad because of the limited board space allowed. It is my greatest hope that it will not be necessary to redo all of my schematic files. However, I have tried exhaustively all the ULP files etc. which I could find on the Internet and nothings seems to work. This includes files which supposedly convert net files and schematic files. Can somebody please help me? Sincerely, Daniel Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links
[kicad-users] Eagle to Kicad file conversion
I am attempting to convert a schematic and library file from Eagle to Kicad format. I am using the ULP files for this purpose which are listed on the Eagle website. However, the results are rather baffelling in the following ways. 1. The packages appear outside of the frame. 2. The package appears in the schematic for one device but for another only a block with ?? in it although it is definitely included in the library. Can anybody shead some light on this?
[kicad-users] convert eagle schematic to kicad
I have been trying mightily to convert a schematic and netlist from Eagle to Kicad without success even though it appears from the Kicad docs that this should be possible. Can somebody please help me?
[kicad-users] Importing schematics and board designs (was Re: Exporting KiCad netlists...)
Have you had any luck in being able to transfer netlists and schematics from Eagle to Kicad? --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Dan dan...@... wrote: I've never seen or heard of anything which converts designs between different CAD packages. However, on a similar note, I'd really like to see an addition to Kicad which allows it to import files from other packages, especially EAGLE PCB and gEDA. I did some designs in these other packages before discovering Kicad and moving to it, and it'd be nice to be able to migrate everything to Kicad. Since gEDA is open-source just like Kicad, this shouldn't be too hard. EAGLE would be more of a challenge of course. Lastly, in case there's any Kicad developers reading this, how much cross-pollination/code-sharing is there between gEDA and Kicad? It'd be nice if everyone could work together on a single open-source suite, or at least make it easy to pick-and-choose components from each by making it easy to import and export between the two. Dan --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Rich Cini rcini@ wrote: All: I have a quick question about netlist conversions. I'm not having much success with the KiCad autorouter so I want to try another board program, but I have the schematic all done in KiCad. Is there a way to convert the schematic netlist to Tango or OrCad format so I can import it into another board program to try its autorouter? I'm lazy and don't really want to manually route the board. It's a hobby project -- an expansion board for my 6502-based SBC. Very simple -- a bunch of parallel 2x25 headers -- but the autorouter leaves 2/3 of the routes unrouted. Of course, any advice to improve the success with the KiCad autorouter would be appreciated.
