I remembered to have seen colored wires, not tracks? Jean-Paul
**************** Jean-Paul Gendner 03.88.27.03.44 _____ De : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] De la part de Andrew Envoyé : lundi 9 août 2010 18:59 À : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com Objet : [kicad-users] Re: Using Kicad to layout stripboards. Thats exactly what I did. I have uplaoded a snap shot of the board and put it in the File section. Andy --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> , "Jean-Paul Gendner" <jean-paul.gend...@...> wrote: > > A way I would like to try is to create a 2 layers board, and > then use the bottom layer for "horizontal" connections and the upper layer > for "vertical" connections (using vias to go from on side to the other). In > this way you will get with Kicad a board, and a 3D view of this board, which > may be close to your request. Of course you do not will have the non > necessary holes, neither the unnecessary tracks. > > Good luck, > > Jean-Paul > > > > **************** > > Jean-Paul Gendner > > 03.88.27.03.44 > > _____ > > De : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> ] De la > part de Andrew > Envoyé : lundi 9 août 2010 17:51 > À : kicad-users@yahoogroups.com <mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com> > Objet : [kicad-users] Using Kicad to layout stripboards. > > > > A few days ago I posted a message about using Kicad to create a stripboard > layout. After getting no reply, I decided to just have ago. I already used > the free version of Veecad to layout my board, but what I really wanted was > a 3D view, so I just recreated the circuit in EESchema , used CVpcb to link > the modules to the netlist, and then finally created a template in PCBNew of > a stripboard with holes at 0.1" pitch, and used that template to layout the > parts just as the Veecad print out. The green bottom tracks are the copper > strips on the stripboard, the green X's are the track breaks needed, and the > red tracks on top of the board are the wire links. I will post a couple of > images in the File section for you to look at, so that you can see what I'm > talking about. The circuit in question is one half of a Computer Operated > Telescope drive system that I am in the process of building. > > Andy >
