something rather odd is going on with your install I think. I've never seen mouse tracks as such, Plenty of messy lines that don't get deleted and such like, but never mouse tracks.
Likewise the polygon issue. I take it that you mean when drawing the board outline and such like? One tip regarding that, use the space bar to zero the rel. co-ords, then use the cursor keys as you get back to your starting point. When the co-ords are back to zero hit retun and the polygon should close. You can use the same idea in the module editor as well. Andy On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Ted Huntington <huntington_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks Andy > > I had to make my own packages - but used the Kicad and the external Libs as > the source for the schematic for the SO8 NE555 etc and other common packages > I am using. Maybe I will try using devices from the default libs just to see > if they connect. > > I could not set the second point in making a polygon - and therefore could > not close or create any polygons, and so I decided to try using the last > stable version instead of the current SVN version and hopefully that will > solve the connection and polygon problems. > > Looking more at the refresh - one problem appears to be that the mouse icon > leaves tracks - that looks so bad for such a highly developed program - I'm > surprised that the developers have not figured out how to repair that - it > just requires correctly erasing the mouse icon before moving it - there must > be more to it because otherwise they would have solved that. > > > Ted > > > ________________________________ > From: Andy Eskelson <andyya...@g0poy.co.uk> > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 3:20:44 AM > Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Newbie to both PCDing and Kicad > > > > > > > Making a pin passive does not change the connection status. It will still > require a wire to it. If you really do not want to use a pin, then all > you need to do is place a no connect flag on it, (the blue X 9th icon > down on the right hand side) > > Are you using KiCad libraries or stuff imported from other packages? > Sometimes that can cause problems. Try a few tests with KiCad only libs > and if that improves things, you may need to investigate the other libs > that you are using, esp. the layout grid. > > If you have been making your own libs and mods, be VERY careful about > pin names and numbers, the module and libs must match or things will get > very confused. > > My clearance setting is the default 0.006 so this seems to be pointing to > problems with your module pad sizes, or as you say things may not > work until you sort out the connection issue. > > Until you get the connections sorted out, PCBnew won't really work as it > needs a rats nest to work on. People do a lot more than produce home made > PCB's with KiCad, so I think you have only got a few teething problems to > sort out. (I only do home PCBs as well, and I have no problems.) > > If you want to try one of my homebrew circuits give me a mail and I'll > send you a suitable project file to play with > > Andy > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:40:10 -0700 (PDT) > Ted Huntington <huntington_ted@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thanks: > > > > I solved my library problems, but still can't connect the wires to the > > devices. Making a big circular junction that covers the wire and pin > > doesn't make the connection. I made the pins passive and it still is making > > a warning "unconnected pin". > > Another nice feature to put on the todo list is: "resize wires" - that is > > nice if a person just needs to move a wire over to connect precisely with a > > pin. > > In PCBNEW I'm getting "Track near pad" from the DRC, even with a clearance > > of .001". I have to turn off the DRC to connect tracks. But then - I also > > have no rat's nests connections because I can't get the pins to connect in > > eeschema. But I think this is a completely workable program and I think I > > can use this to do my own home etched PCBs. > > Ted > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __ > > Recent Activity > * 17 > New Members > * 1 > New Links > * 3 > New FilesVisit Your Group > Yahoo! Finance > It's Now Personal > Guides, news, > advice & more. > Search Ads > Get new customers. > List your web site > in Yahoo! Search. > Support Group > Lose lbs together > Share your weight- > loss successes. > . > >
