I got the same result as well. Maybe the mod file syntax has changed in newer versions of Kicad.
I am using KiCad-2009-02-16-final-WinXP_autoinstall.zip. Let me try a more recent version and I will let you know. Yukku ________________________________ From: Shivakumar R <shazanaz2...@yahoo.com> To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 7:14:51 AM Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Images/Logos in KiCad Schematic Hi Great effort, and Thank You! I get an error message when I try to place the module: "err Pad: Id inconnu", and then the logo module is shown as just one horizontal line I used an image 8K in size (the png source) The logo has two parts - upper and lower - does that make a difference? I am using KiCad ver 20080811 r 1188 windows32 build My jre is 1.6.0_20 I tried using the "negative image" option. No go. Once again. Thank you for making this. It will be a really nice addition to KiCad. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "mgebha" <mar...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I like the idea of converting images to KiCad modules. Since I am the author > of JavE (a free Ascii-Art editor), I experimented with extending its > Image2Ascii converter to also support KiCad module file output. It might seem > a little strange to use an Ascii-Art editor for this purpose, but hey: The > Image2Ascii converter already contains all of the required image processing - > including various dithering algorithms. And it provides a decent user > interface to keep things simple :-) > > It only took me a few hours to make it work. So here is a step-by-step > instruction how you can use JavE to do the conversion: > http://www.jave.de/docs/kicad/image2module.html > > Some comments: > - JavE is based on Java, so it is platform independent > - The pixels in the module files are be formed of SMD-like pads (Type > "MECA"). I decided to use pads instead of the segments being used in the > AWK-script, in order to make them rectangular. I am etching the boards > myself, so I don't know if this makes any problems when having more options > for PCB production... > - The image size/resolution is limited to 16k pixels in order keep the module > files small. > - The converter does a bit of compression by merging adjacent pads in the > same row. It still happens that the output results in > 300kB module files. > > Please let me know if you have any comments or ideas for improvements. > > Regards, > Markus >
