gEDA-user: gEDA meeting in Sioux Falls SD

2007-02-01 Thread Jeff VR
Where in the world is Sioux Falls? And did the subject specify the state of South Dakota??? Yep there's a few geeks in the Midwest, not just the east and west coast. :) Just in case there is anyone on on the mailing list that is in the Sioux Falls SD area. I would like to extend an invitation

Re: gEDA-user: PCB - grid dots not visible when board is flipped.

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> I think what happened is that when the lesstif version implemented > the left-right flip (vs. up-down as it worked previously) there was > something that didn't propagate back into the GTK code. It wasn't lesstif, it was that the concept of "flipping" moved from the core to the GUI. Both GUIs

Re: gEDA-user: PCB - grid dots not visible when board is flipped.

2007-02-01 Thread joeft
DJ Delorie wrote: This bug has been there for several months. I looked through the code and figured out that it is related to the code that "flips" the view to the solder side. I believe it is only broken in the GTK hid. I submitted a bug report but I don't think anyone has looked at it yet

gEDA-user: PCB: Polygon segfault

2007-02-01 Thread Hans Nieuwenhuis
Hi, While designing a board I got a segfault in PCB. I have a design with a polygon connected to GND on the component layer and among others the QFN20_4_EP footprint on it. This particular footprint has a very small clearance which I noted only after I drew the polygon on top of it. If I now p

Re: gEDA-user: pcb -> shell command

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) > { > system(argv[i]); > } Are you sure this is what you want? I.e. System(make,ls,echo) runs three commands? The lesstif GUI allows spaces in its command window, so ":system ls -l" tries to run "ls" then runs "-l". Maybe you should concatenate the

Re: gEDA-user: pcb -> shell command

2007-02-01 Thread Tom Schouten
On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 04:23:45PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > i was wondering though if it is possible to use PCB to directly > > invoke external shell comands, without using them to read or write > > stuff. basicly what i want is to invoke 'make' from PCB, and > > subsequentally reading in so

Re: gEDA-user: pcb -> shell command

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> i was wondering though if it is possible to use PCB to directly > invoke external shell comands, without using them to read or write > stuff. basicly what i want is to invoke 'make' from PCB, and > subsequentally reading in some files. i didn't find anything about > this in my first read of the

gEDA-user: pcb -> shell command

2007-02-01 Thread Tom Schouten
hello, i started using gEDA tools last week to design a small PIC board. it looks like a nice suite! finding out gschem uses guile, and PCB files are as good as compatible with scheme 'read' made me smile :) i was wondering though if it is possible to use PCB to directly invoke external shell

Re: gEDA-user: PCB - grid dots not visible when board is flipped.

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> This bug has been there for several months. I looked through the code > and figured out that it is related to the code that "flips" the view to > the solder side. I believe it is only broken in the GTK hid. I > submitted a bug report but I don't think anyone has looked at it yet. FYI we'r

Re: gEDA-user: PCB - grid dots not visible when board is flipped.

2007-02-01 Thread joeft
KURT PETERS wrote: I'm sure someone else has noticed this. I'm using one of the latest CVS releases (December-ish) and noticed that the grid dots only show up on one side of the board. Does anyone else notice this? Is this on the "bug list"? Regards, Kurt This bug has been there for sev

gEDA-user: PCB - grid dots not visible when board is flipped.

2007-02-01 Thread KURT PETERS
I'm sure someone else has noticed this. I'm using one of the latest CVS releases (December-ish) and noticed that the grid dots only show up on one side of the board. Does anyone else notice this? Is this on the "bug list"? Regards, Kurt ___ ged

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

2007-02-01 Thread Jeremy Pedersen
I understand how you feel, but with these particular guys at least...they're very down-to-earth. Every one of them has shown a real willingness to help people, even newbies, whenever possible. Well that's good. I'll be sure to pay close attention to their suggestions. I've never been a fan of

Re: gEDA-user: pcb bug(kinda)

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> filename = foo.bar > add a trailing whitespace and it fails. Unfortunately, spaces are valid characters in unix filenames. > Is there a better place to post bugs? There's a sourceforge bug tracker. Both that and the list have pros and cons: list: pro: your bug gets seen. con: your bug gets

gEDA-user: pcb bug(kinda)

2007-02-01 Thread Lares Moreau
PCB version 20060822 :loadVendorFrom() filename = foo.bar add a trailing whitespace and it fails. Is there a better place to post bugs? -Lares pgp0KaC1UD1rW.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://w

Re: gEDA-user: PCB Silk Screen vs ViewMate

2007-02-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> When I view the Silk screen in ViewMate, all the reference > designators are a lot wider then they are when viewed in PCB. Known bug. You can minimize it by making sure the minimum silk screen is set properly in the board sizes dialog. ___ geda-use

gEDA-user: PCB Silk Screen vs ViewMate

2007-02-01 Thread Ostheller, Joel A.
Well I just successfully tested and signed off on my first gEDA board. It was a small 5"x3" 4 layer PCB that I had FAB'd at PCBexpress.com. Quality wise this board is on par with my last board which was a fairly complex 16 layer PCB done with Mentor. Hopefully I will never be using those other prog

gEDA-user: SPICE & gaf

2007-02-01 Thread Scott Dattalo
Stuart's tutorials on using SPICE with gaf are well written and easy to follow. Unfortunately, they need to be updated. Specifically, loading the schematics in gEDA/examples/RF_Amp (which are packaged in the 20061020 gaf release), give warnings like: Loading schematic [/home/scott/projects/pla

Re: gEDA-user: Panelizing methods?

2007-02-01 Thread John Luciani
On 2/1/07, Lares Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Heya List :) Any suggestion on the best way of makeing seperations in a panel using only the drillholes > available on the cheaper PCB services. I was thinking of placing a bunch of .090" holes > .100" apart. Then it's a snap and file when th

gEDA-user: Panelizing methods?

2007-02-01 Thread Lares Moreau
Heya List :) Any suggestion on the best way of makeing seperations in a panel using only the drillholes available on the cheaper PCB services. I was thinking of placing a bunch of .090" holes .100" apart. Then it's a snap and file when the panel gets here. The panel is not uniform, there are