Hi John, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of John Griessen > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:17 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Google Summer of Code 2011 > > On 03/05/2011 05:04 AM, Peter Clifton wrote: > > It depends on the primitives used - but I expect it is not too hard > > either way. SVG does of course support a lot of things > which RS-274X > > cannot though. > > OK. YOU can make SVG that is easily translatable, but if you > had a footprint tool that used it because so much content is > available from other sources, you might get the outlined > content very often and have to convert it to stroked lines. > Having a translator would enable using SVG, but using SVG > would not allow importing-to-PCB of any kind of drawn trace > until you created an outline-filling-in routine so you have > the RS-274X compatible stroked line primitives. > > So, the essence of what's needed to get more easy use of > existing drawing tools like inkscape is a SVG<-->PCB > translator with an outline-filling-in routine. > > Then you could make a stand alone tool based on inkscape if > coding seemed easier that way. > Otherwise basing it on PCB, (requiring scheme and maybe C to > do it), is it. > > John > >
FWIW, I'm trying to code a pcb footprint plug into the existing Kicad module editor "fped" Have a clone at: https://github.com/bert/fped.git It's currently still a work in progress: I have to split up the multifile Kicad modules and cross check the whole thing over. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user