Re: [Kicad-developers] Changing units of Gerber plots

2016-02-17 Thread Mitch Davis
On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio < l.marcanto...@cz-dynamic.it> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 09:55:48AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote: > > > Let’s be honest. They’re using cracked versions of Cam350. > > A board fabricator *can* afford at least Cam350. The good ones use > genesy

Re: [Kicad-developers] cvpcb alternative

2015-09-09 Thread Mitch Davis
Yo. On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Jacob Schmidt wrote: > > is remarkably unintuitive; making a footprint is EASY, saving it is >>> HARD. >>> >> Where is the unintuitive part? Select library, save footprint; end of >> the story. Slightly more complex if you use the master board repository >> ap

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .

2015-06-25 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi Marco, On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Marco Hess wrote: > > On this item, I noted that in dialog_plot_base.cpp the checkbox for using > these extensions are referred to as 'Protel'. Should we change that to > 'Altium' to stay with the times? I think the name Protel is there to indicate the

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .

2015-06-25 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi Marco, On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Marco Hess wrote: > > While this patch adds the inner copper layers and the board outline on the > Protel/Altium Mechanical Layer 1, there are still a few layers 'unassigned' > and still use the default '.grb' extensions. Among these are Dwgs_User, > Cmt

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Use specific gerber extensions for inner Cu layers and the Edge_Cuts layer in preference to the default .gbr .

2015-06-24 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi folks, On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > Your patch was committed in the product branch r5818. Thank you for > your contribution to KiCad. Big +1 for this patch. When a customer sends me a zip, I run a script which heuristically tries to work out which file corresp

Re: [Kicad-developers] progress with IGES

2015-04-02 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi Cirilo, On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > > as a test I created a 1x1x1mm cube I'll take that with a grain of salt. Mitch. PS: Nice work! ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-develop

Re: [Kicad-developers] Option to not download boost every time?

2014-11-03 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi, On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Mitch Davis wrote: > > Is there some way I can mod the cmake files so boost source fetching > can be satisfied by the untarring of a pre-prepared copy of Boost? A tar file plus a bunch of patches would also be fin

[Kicad-developers] Option to not download boost every time?

2014-11-03 Thread Mitch Davis
Hello folks, I'm trying to compile KiCad for Fedora. Previously I was using Fedora's copy of Boost, but now I'd like to try the KiCad one. Part of the build seems to be a download of boost, plus futzing around with bzr to create a local bzr repo for Boost. On my throttled internet connection, t

Re: [Kicad-developers] Possible 4.6 gerber issue?

2014-10-17 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi folks, On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Mark Roszko wrote: > I just tested Nick's simple 1 circle test board he attached earlier. > It has the same bug. Just talked with the factory about the Saturn bug. Earlier I said that I thought the problem showed up in G2K but not CAM350. Might be the

Re: [Kicad-developers] Possible 4.6 gerber issue?

2014-10-16 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi, On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Mark Roszko wrote: > Interesting, I found an online viewer that for some reason also cannot > handle the circles in the gerber. Yes I found the same. Screenshot from Genesis2000: http://i.imgur.com/Ftycbz8.png Screenshot from mayhewlabs: http://i.imgur.com/m

Re: [Kicad-developers] Possible 4.6 gerber issue?

2014-10-16 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi JP, (I'm Mr. Hackvana) On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 6:14 PM, jp charras wrote: > > Le 15/10/2014 18:23, Jon Neal a écrit : >> >> The gerbers were generated with KiCad BZR 5101, gerber format 4.6, mm for >> the units, and absolute positioning. >> >> Another person that used the same pcb service I u

Re: [Kicad-developers] Possible 4.6 gerber issue?

2014-10-15 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi guys, On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:11 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > I have attached a minimal board that I think should show the bug. > Mitch, can you please try to send that though your fabs viewer? I will. Is it possible to supply one that we think does and does not have the problem? Mitch.

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Rename instances of "module" to "footprint" for consistency

2014-10-08 Thread Mitch Davis
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Mark Roszko wrote: > Hehe, well, I guess everything can be renamed in the opposite > direction. But consistency is needed. YES PLEASE! A number of people I've spoken to were really confused by this inconsistency. I use footprint myself. Though footprint seems to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Need help finding a git mirror for kicad/doc

2014-10-05 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi, On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Blair Bonnett wrote: > On 6 October 2014 14:33, Mitch Davis wrote: >> >> Is there a git mirror for lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc? > > There is now: > > https://github.com/blairbonnett-mirrors/kicad-doc Thanks very much! I jus

[Kicad-developers] Need help finding a git mirror for kicad/doc

2014-10-05 Thread Mitch Davis
Hello folks, I'm trying to get some RPMs of a recent KiCad built for Fedora 20. The existing stuff for building KiCad under Fedora is here: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/kicad/ http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/kicad.git/tree/ The building of RPMs is done by a .spec file. The kic

Re: [Kicad-developers] new person onboarding

2014-09-08 Thread Mitch Davis
Hi Carl, On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Carl Poirier wrote: > > One area you can easily give a hand is in the libraries. We have devised a > set of rules a few months ago which form our Library Convention. Can you please tell me where the rules are? Thanks, Mitch. ___

Re: [Kicad-developers] Revisiting the Git decision (I come in peace! - with a patch)

2014-02-02 Thread Mitch Davis
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Joel Holdsworth wrote: > discouraged by the friction. Amen. Mitch. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad

Re: [Kicad-developers] Push and shove router

2013-09-19 Thread Mitch Davis
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: > I watched the video. > My jaw is still on the floor. If anything, the first video is even more impressive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzro0Jc70xI Tomasz, you're amazing! Thank you! Mitch.

Re: [Kicad-developers] big commit

2013-08-04 Thread Mitch Davis
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:40 AM, jean-pierre charras wrote: > > Is ctl-space a possible and better key? Under Linux, ctrl-Space is sometimes used to select input methods. For me, it lets me switch between English and Chinese. I hope ctrl-Space doesn't get used. Mitch. __

Re: [Kicad-developers] CircuitHub KiCad Integration

2013-05-14 Thread Mitch Davis
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Andrew Seddon wrote: > > But I believe the world does need a better way to design and > manufacture electronics and the cause is just. Your cause or KiCad's? Mitch. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-develo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Was: page selection dialog, everybody please comment

2013-04-22 Thread Mitch Davis
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, jp charras wrote: >> >> Another think... what does the ki in kicad stand for??? > > No special meaning. > after a small brain storming, a friend of mine suggest me kicad. Now all I need to know is how to say it! KeeCad or KeyeCad? Mitch. ___

Re: [Kicad-developers] New VRML component models

2012-10-31 Thread Mitch Davis
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: > > Thanks for your effort in the project. > I checked your code on sourceforge and it looks nice. > I do have a question however, why did you use C++ and not a scripting > language for this? > > In my experience a scripting language a

Re: [Kicad-developers] Patches, MSVC and bitmap underlays

2012-09-21 Thread Mitch Davis
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 4:13 AM, Rick Walker wrote: > > Being able to put a precisely scalable bitmap generated from a > photograph or a CAD drawing into the PCB editor allows for documenting > and placing connectors, routes, and mounting holes with respect to the > environment the board is being

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Plot - Drill Files Generation - Mirror y axis

2012-09-06 Thread Mitch Davis
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:38 AM, patrick wrote: > Drill Files Generation >Options: > [x] Mirror y axis > > should not be enable by default, here's the patch for bool > DIALOG_GENDRILL::m_Mirror = false; Thanks Patrick! Developers, please please for the love of all that is holy, accept t

Re: [Kicad-developers] About today bzr update

2012-05-18 Thread Mitch Davis
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I highly doubt you'll like Unity and GNOME 3 only tolerable with the > optional extensions installed. I tried to like GNOME 3. I really tried. Used it for six weeks. Hated every minute of it. Everything just got harder for no reason.