Re: gEDA-user: PCB silk label moving problem

2007-01-31 Thread DJ Delorie
To move the element text, don't select it. Just use the arrow tool to drag and drop it with the left button. If the text is small relative to the grid, temporarily disabling the grid might help. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org htt

gEDA-user: PCB silk label moving problem

2007-01-31 Thread Meador, Ryan D
Hi all, Probably, the subject line of this post is making you go "wtf?". I'm having an issue with PCB (which just started, and to the best of my knowledge I haven't updated it in a couple weeks). You know the component reference designators that are part of every component? I can't move them aro

Re: gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Jeremy Pedersen
Dave McGuire, Well somehow I ended up e-mailing you directly without realizing it (the gmail reply selection is mostly automatic, so it caught me off guard when it switched from mailing the gEDA list to mailing you). Anyway, for the benefit of everyone else, here's my last e-mail in case you wan

Re: gEDA-user: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB: What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread DJ Delorie
> I've not tried it myself, but I saw this and thought it sounded > interesting (and I like cheap): This is the now common "toner transfer" method. I make some of my boards this way, I can do 7 mil reliably and 5-6 mil in some cases. ___ geda-user ma

Re: gEDA-user: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB: What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Karl.
> > - What is this toner transfer method? > > You use the toner itself as the etch resist, by printing on special > paper which comes off easily when wet, or regular glossy paper, which > comes off eventually when wet. I've not tried it myself, but I saw this and thought it sounded interesting (

Re: gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Dave McGuire
On Jan 31, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Jeremy Pedersen wrote: p.s. I haven't quite got mailing lists worked out yet, because I've only really ever used forums and IRC channels. Is there some way that I can opt to receive mail only from threads to which I am subscribed? I know that's really a forum thi

Re: gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Jeremy Pedersen
Ok. I will keep those things in mind. p.s. I haven't quite got mailing lists worked out yet, because I've only really ever used forums and IRC channels. Is there some way that I can opt to receive mail only from threads to which I am subscribed? I know that's really a forum thing, so if not, I'll

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 13:10 -0500, Dan McMahill wrote: > Peter Clifton wrote: > > > A plugin to gnucap which: > > > > a) Can write octave's data file format(s) > > Does octave have a "native" format? Would it make sense to use hdf5? > That may be useful since it is supposed to be a sort of uni

Re: gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Dave McGuire
On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:55 AM, Jeremy Pedersen wrote: I didn't even know such a thing was possible. Whatever the case, I still have to learn how to use gEDA (one of the reasons I started this thread) and learn how to solder normal thru-hole components. This should be useful to me if and when I

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 12:45 -0500, al davis wrote: > The most useul one is "ADMS", which was developed by Freescale > Semiconductor (formerly Motorola). > (http://mot-adms.sourceforge.net). Thanks.. I'll take a look [snip] > > An octave plugin to: > > I am not familiar with octave plug-ins.

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Dan McMahill
Peter Clifton wrote: A plugin to gnucap which: a) Can write octave's data file format(s) Does octave have a "native" format? Would it make sense to use hdf5? That may be useful since it is supposed to be a sort of universal format. Octave can read hdf5 right now. I'm not sure what all el

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread al davis
On Wednesday 31 January 2007 08:36, Peter Clifton wrote: > Are there any free tools to do Verilog-AMS currently? Not really. There some hacks and starts. The most useul one is "ADMS", which was developed by Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola). (http://mot-adms.sourceforge.net). It gen

Re: gEDA-user: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Dave McGuire
On Jan 29, 2007, at 9:03 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: I agree 100% here...I actually find through-hole soldering to be more difficult and tedious than SMT now. All but the very tiniest SMT parts can be soldered with a quality iron. Hey, *I* can solder even the tiniest ones. You get your challenge

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 06:39 +, Colin Hall wrote: > Peter, > > I can't help you with gnucap, but have you looked at Ptolemy or Open > Modelica for multi-disciplinary simulation? I'd never head of either before now, and having had a (brief) skim of documentation, I'm quite amazed by what is th

Re: gEDA-user: board cutout in PCB

2007-01-31 Thread DJ Delorie
> I think the GUI should somehow show this possibility. Currently the > GTK hid gives you no hint that a layer named "outline" will be > treated specially. It's a hack. What we really want to do is add the concept of layer "types" (like fab, notes, copper, keepout, outline, anti-mask, etc). That

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 23:47 -0500, al davis wrote: > Probably the best way is to write the model in Verilog-AMS. > Work is in progress to add that, and convert to Verilog-AMS as > the native language. Are there any free tools to do Verilog-AMS currently? Are Verilog-A and Verilog-AMS significan

Re: gEDA-user: gnucap: Multi-disciplinary / mixed language simulation

2007-01-31 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 22:48 -0500, Dan McMahill wrote: > I'm not sure about how far verilog-a support is or is not in gnucap, but > would that be a sufficiently powerful language for your model of the > mechanical system? It would seem like it ought to be. I just took a look at the specs, and

Re: gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Jeremy Pedersen
Levente, I didn't even know such a thing was possible. Whatever the case, I still have to learn how to use gEDA (one of the reasons I started this thread) and learn how to solder normal thru-hole components. This should be useful to me if and when I branch out into SMT components. :-) Thanks, Je

gEDA-user: Re: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-31 Thread Levente Kovacs
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:45:48 -0500 "Jeremy Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it's possible to hand solder or reflow these things at home? Better yet, Hi Jeremy, If you would like to have a home reflow system, you might want to take a look at this page: http://web.interware.hu/lekovacs

Re: gEDA-user: board cutout in PCB

2007-01-31 Thread Tomaz Solc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi For a new project I probably have to define one or more board cutouts, is this possible in PCB? I was thinking maybe drawing the cutout areas on the outline layer would suffice. Name one of the unused drawing layers "outline" and PCB treats at