-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/10/2010 03:05 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > Since Farnell bought Eagle, RS responded with their own package, design > spark PCB... > > They call it 'The World’s Most Powerful Free Schematic and PCB Layout > Tool' (copy and paste from their web page :D). A little googling shown > that it could be probably a rebranded entry level cad from the pulsonix > people. > Well, then this makes kicad "God's Free Schematic and PCB Layout Tool". > Anyway I've *a lot* of thing to disprove this :D:D from a cursory glance > (in mixed order): > > - Zoom is still at the x2 /2 stage :P:P and you have to ctrl-wheel to do > it with the mouse; > [...] > - No netname on pads/tracks > Only bad things thus-far. :) > - Plots are very customizable (something like the eagle postpro) > > - They have truetype support for gerber... a raster fill implementation > like that I suggested. Results are... well... questionable :P Most > probably they didn't hinted during rasterizing. > > - It can import DXFs for the board > Sounds interesting...
> - I don't get *why* technology files should keep color preferences > too... > Aren't all things windows bloated by definition? > - It supports courtyards (using assembly layers). Well, there is no > 'fixed' layer, they're customizable (but I don't know if it flips them > correctly, then...) > I _want_ this in kicad One top courtyard, and one bottom courtyard. I'm not requesting from anyone to implement this, but it is a much coveted feature. > Said that (about one hour of experimentation, so it's not an indepth > review) I can say that there is some idea to pick from them. But I'd > like to say their motto is dead wrong XD > Yes, we can learn from their mistakes. :p Oh, their website says: > Please be encouraged to share your designs, libraries and tips so other users > can benefit from your experience. That's hypocritical coming from any proprietary/closed-source software. Alex -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJMiiPEAAoJEL0kPHNPXJJKi10QAJkjcf0eCKl9yXDEGG+QQkrI tlpG+/jcyRuqB32gz6x39maH7Qevgc9Wldk9NTSRJTw9n4KR4+eLwpsH9+dt8/6N Fc/6ExAY8hWYIQ3y3y2juC5MrFiCKEWKYZFTqPXysfyhYdyMau5nNtzra2STPPZr HP2UL9X3ofZO/OOMhlK6CTwnepG9z7Ls2mpcpHAoGV+bviPiW6/HaEYOSWABthxw /I2c/Cef8H1UqCFkqwYhgCqegEBdcMHNTr2BiVMJZbJKp7dmegtZljBcudchyzBg +2NeNpikMrzMyK2i5/0HY3IE20N8cfS+G4pk0xiZfF++AZ+w1DTiVoVOVUYQhgKm y5Crt8XTUuO8HNqHVf0a1PJsNIQlXxzu9VtNBwfxosDK4GRVONMEexWzDVupj/6P 9Z9OfHuLTvmmi1Ch9LUizsOH8wlyWDA3PDLErjoJoSNzVb8zWppftExpH7RaP5l/ Wmn+3tDUAC3MOgYMMyw8PY5D1RCm+k3cpBeiEGUIKSvckTr7RGoJnpz+CPjWBfzy ACJ7ag8eABDlUdm+lQXtbtdNobcf/ot2Q9LlZJ6m4wi3ZyYhUE0zM9ctEmm6mIhb i14MrHE3MUfZ3u3nCfP1MDEXSGfa5NIQQZGEifmdr14J3c809vzMDmxXZEqR4uqr CbdefsUicp7Ev6l1Z6Kf =q4zK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
