Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
On 18/10/17 12:50, Thomas Langås wrote: On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Gaurav Juvekarwrote: Summary: - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? I think F.Fab and B.Fab is what you want. Reference designator is supported using "REF**" (I guess this mailinglist might be the wrong place for this discussion now, but...) So, I tried adding a text string to the component (in the footprint editor) with REF** on the F.Fab layer. Afterwards I did change the footprints in the PCB schematics, and now I see REF** on the F.Fab layer, and not the actual reference designator. I'm using a nightly build that is 14 days old... Odd Ref** should work. But you can also try %R You can take a look at the kicad library convention [1]. There we require the use of a second reference on the fab layer. You can even look at a footprint of the standard lib that has this implemented. I could suggest the R_0805 [2] resistor from the Resistors_SMD lib. [1]: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/wiki/Kicad-Library-Convention [2]: https://github.com/KiCad/Resistors_SMD.pretty/blob/master/R_0805.kicad_mod ___ 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
Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
Hi Thomas, On 10/18/2017 11:19 AM, Thomas Langås wrote: > Disclaimer: I come from the world of Altium, and might have a biased workflow. > > Is the following possible in any way in KiCad, or is there a different > workflow that > supports what I want? > > Usually, when I make components, I have a mechanical layer called > "Assembly" where I either duplicate the silkscreen, or make a new > symbol (not all components have silkscreen). In addition, > I add a text label which contains the value .Designator . This ends > up being translated to the > component reference designator in the end. This way, I have a layer > containing nothing but assembly information. This is *very* useful on > designs where space is so limited that it's > impossible to have the ref des in the silkscreen, for instance. > > Summary: > - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? If I were you, I would use F.Fab and B.Fab for this purpose. > - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? Yes, you can use %R (reference) and %V (value). Regards, Orson signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital 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
Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
On 10/18/2017 6:50 AM, Thomas Langås wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Gaurav Juvekar >wrote: >>> Summary: >>> - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? >>> - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? >> I think F.Fab and B.Fab is what you want. Reference designator is supported >> using "REF**" > > (I guess this mailinglist might be the wrong place for this discussion > now, but...) This is the developers mailing list. You should use the user's forum at https://forum.kicad.info/. Typically user questions have a better chance of being answered there. > > So, I tried adding a text string to the component (in the footprint > editor) with REF** on the > F.Fab layer. Afterwards I did change the footprints in the PCB > schematics, and now I > see REF** on the F.Fab layer, and not the actual reference designator. > I'm using a nightly build > that is 14 days old... > You need to use %R for the reference and %V for the value. ___ 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
Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Gaurav Juvekarwrote: >> Summary: >> - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? >> - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? > I think F.Fab and B.Fab is what you want. Reference designator is supported > using "REF**" (I guess this mailinglist might be the wrong place for this discussion now, but...) So, I tried adding a text string to the component (in the footprint editor) with REF** on the F.Fab layer. Afterwards I did change the footprints in the PCB schematics, and now I see REF** on the F.Fab layer, and not the actual reference designator. I'm using a nightly build that is 14 days old... -- Thomas ___ 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
Re: [Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
Hi, > Summary: > - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? > - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? I think F.Fab and B.Fab is what you want. Reference designator is supported using "REF**" -- Regards, Gaurav Juvekar ___ 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
[Kicad-developers] PCBNew / Footprint editor - "Special strings"
Disclaimer: I come from the world of Altium, and might have a biased workflow. Is the following possible in any way in KiCad, or is there a different workflow that supports what I want? Usually, when I make components, I have a mechanical layer called "Assembly" where I either duplicate the silkscreen, or make a new symbol (not all components have silkscreen). In addition, I add a text label which contains the value .Designator . This ends up being translated to the component reference designator in the end. This way, I have a layer containing nothing but assembly information. This is *very* useful on designs where space is so limited that it's impossible to have the ref des in the silkscreen, for instance. Summary: - Does KiCad support having an F.Assembly and B.Assembly layer? - Does KiCad support "special strings" like Altium's .Designator ? -- Thomas ___ 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