On Friday, January 13, 2012 12:51:56 PM kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine: > On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Mark Wendt wrote: > > On 01/12/2012 04:17 PM, gene heskett wrote: > >> On Thursday, January 12, 2012 03:53:27 PM kqt4a...@gmail.com did opine: > >>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Kirk Wallace wrote: > >>>> On Thu, 2012-01-12 at 12:55 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > >>>>> On Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:43:08 PM andy pugh did opine: > >>>>>> On 12 January 2012 07:22, gene heskett<ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > >>>>> [...] > >>>>> > >>>>>> Have you tried DesignSpark under Wine? > >>>>>> Though gEDA might be a better bet, being native Linux. (I have > >>>>>> never tried it) > >>>>> > >>>>> I have looked at gEDA and it shows promise, but it needs to grow > >>>>> some std method of sizing the parts to an agreed upon std > >>>>> measurement method. When the parts library is 100% contributor > >>>>> generated, no two parts seem to be drawn to the same scale or > >>>>> orientation. > >>>> > >>>> If one can use it often enough to keep current, maybe once a week, > >>>> I find gEDA much easier to use than Eagle. Eagle has an extensive > >>>> library, but I suspect that is because it takes a PhD in Eagle to > >>>> create them, so an interested party made sure the popular symbols > >>>> were available. To me, gEDA makes symbol creation easy enough to > >>>> just make them as needed. I do miss having rules of thumb for > >>>> pleasing and useful symbols, but I've been able to make mine good > >>>> enough for who they are for. Plus one can place and rotate the > >>>> symbol and connected text on the fly, which from my experience > >>>> Eagle doesn't do. > >>>> > >>>> I haven't made any circuit board g-code using gEDA, so I can't > >>>> speak to that. > >>> > >>> Like you I tried several circuit board design tools and settled on > >>> gEDA suite Easy to learn, very configurable, and lots of symbols at > >>> www.gedasymbols.org I have made a few boards, some using isolation > >>> engraving and some (I really like) using my mill to hold a sharpie > >>> pen to draw the traces and remove the excess copper with hcl and > >>> hydrogen peroxide Then wash off the ink with a solvent > >>> Cheap and I get the hcl just around the corner > >>> Also you can flip the board over and use the mill and sharpie the > >>> draw the silk mask > >>> > >>> Richard > >> > >> I'll take a look, it's complete kit is installing on that shiny new > >> 250Gb drive now. > >> > >> And still no opto-interrupter devices with a logic output. But > >> generally I get the impression that its much improved. IIRC it was > >> gerbview that had the export in various formats option before, but I > >> don't find that option now. Memory, tain't always what it once was. > >> :( > >> > >> Cheers, Gene > > > > Has anybody tried the Visolate software or pcb2gcode utilities? > > Visolate is a gui java program for converting gerber files to gcode > > and pcb2gcode is a command line utility that does the same. > > I use pcb2gcode with gEDA files without any problems > Very good utility, easy to use > > Richard > That is great Richard, but libtool is failing to link it here, quite silently, as in zero errors or warnings.
Thanks. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> History is nothing but a collection of fables and useless trifles, cluttered up with a mass of unnecessary figures and proper names. -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
