Re: gEDA-user: Bug in cvs pcb concerning polygons

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 03:31:04AM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 19:27 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > > > > Ok, I have a fix for this. > > Please send the patch.. > > I'll apply and test locally. This bug has kept biting me in the past. > > What was the issue? Clearing pads

Re: gEDA-user: Bug in cvs pcb concerning polygons

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 19:27 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 01:31:35AM -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > > > > Tomorrow I'll try to see why the whole-board poly doesn't clear right. > > I've got some leads, but I've got to get some sleep so I can stay awake > > during a lonnng borin

Re: gEDA-user: Bug in cvs pcb concerning polygons

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 01:31:35AM -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > > Tomorrow I'll try to see why the whole-board poly doesn't clear right. > I've got some leads, but I've got to get some sleep so I can stay awake > during a lonnng boring meeting tommorow! Ok, I have a fix for this. It even works wi

Re: gEDA-user: hierarchical module using one slot of multislot chip possible?

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 17:29 -0800, Britton Kerin wrote: > I have a module that uses one op amp of four on a chip. I have made it > into a subsheet according to wiki and gTAG example. Is it possible to > include multiple copies of this module in a higher level design and > have them automagicly

gEDA-user: hierarchical module using one slot of multislot chip possible?

2007-07-25 Thread Britton Kerin
I have a module that uses one op amp of four on a chip. I have made it into a subsheet according to wiki and gTAG example. Is it possible to include multiple copies of this module in a higher level design and have them automagicly select the correct slot, as happens in a single schematic? Or is

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 16:44 -0600, armdeveloper wrote: > On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 18:08 -0400, John Luciani wrote: > > On 7/25/07, armdeveloper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've got a connector that is connected properly, etc, but needs to be > > > mirrored left/right. How do I do this and

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread DJ Delorie
> Where is the footprint file for Header26_2 ? It's in the m4 library. If you want a newlib copy, open an empty pcb, place that footprint, cut it to the paste buffer, "save buffer elements to file". Are you sure you don't just need to put the header on the other side of the board? ___

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread armdeveloper
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 18:08 -0400, John Luciani wrote: > On 7/25/07, armdeveloper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've got a connector that is connected properly, etc, but needs to be > > mirrored left/right. How do I do this and keep the connects, etc, in > > tact. The real problem is that th

gEDA-user: SEUL is this weeks .dot org of the week

2007-07-25 Thread Bob Paddock
http://lists.ssc.com/pipermail/lj-announce/2007-July.txt Linux Journal Weekly News Notes -- July 25, 2007 had this to say today: DOT ORG OF THE WEEK This submission comes from Kevin in Oregon, USA: I'd like to nominate SEUL at [10]http://www.seul.org for Dot Org of the Week. SEUL stands for

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread armdeveloper
On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 18:08 -0400, John Luciani wrote: > On 7/25/07, armdeveloper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 1. Create a correct footprint with a different name > 2. Delete the incorrect footprint from the PCB > 3. Update your schematic with the new footprint name > 4. Run gsch2pcb > 5. Place

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread John Luciani
On 7/25/07, armdeveloper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a connector that is connected properly, etc, but needs to be > mirrored left/right. How do I do this and keep the connects, etc, in > tact. The real problem is that the pinout in the footprint should > probably be mirrored. 1. Crea

Re: gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread DJ Delorie
> I've got a connector that is connected properly, etc, but needs to > be mirrored left/right. How do I do this and keep the connects, > etc, in tact. The real problem is that the pinout in the footprint > should probably be mirrored. If you mean to change the pinout without moving the connecto

gEDA-user: How do I easily mirror a connector in pcb ?

2007-07-25 Thread armdeveloper
I've got a connector that is connected properly, etc, but needs to be mirrored left/right. How do I do this and keep the connects, etc, in tact. The real problem is that the pinout in the footprint should probably be mirrored. Thanks. ___ geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Omega and mu characters not appearing in PS output

2007-07-25 Thread Ales Hvezda
[snip] > > Just use the vector font (turn this on in the rc file) for postscript > > output that gschem provides and then the match is *exact*. > > I guess my question here is: Why don't we have the vector font in the > RC file *enabled* by default? Apparently users have problems when it is > not

Re: gEDA-user: Omega and mu characters not appearing in PS output

2007-07-25 Thread Stuart Brorson
> [snip] >> This contributes to a lot of print vs screen issues. > > Just use the vector font (turn this on in the rc file) for postscript > output that gschem provides and then the match is *exact*. I guess my question here is: Why don't we have the vector font in the RC file *enabled* by defaul

Re: gEDA-user: how to print multiple pages from command line?

2007-07-25 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Wednesday 25 July 2007 18:50:24 Duncan Drennan wrote: > Having a look at the gschem man page > (http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:gschem_mp) it looks like the theory is > that you can use -o along with -s to perform > some magic to print all the pages specified. Is this possible? Is it > possibly

Re: gEDA-user: Omega and mu characters not appearing in PS output

2007-07-25 Thread Ales Hvezda
> > Can anyone reproduce/suggest a fix? Yes. I saw this a while ago: http://www.geda.seul.org/mailinglist/geda-user113/msg00056.html I'm still guessing that the postscript font you are using doesn't have the omega character in it. Maybe Mike can shed some authoritative light on this problem to

gEDA-user: how to print multiple pages from command line?

2007-07-25 Thread Duncan Drennan
Having a look at the gschem man page (http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:gschem_mp) it looks like the theory is that you can use -o along with -s to perform some magic to print all the pages specified. Is this possible? Is it possibly easy, or will many hours of reading be required? Where do I start

Re: gEDA-user: exporting netlist for PCAD

2007-07-25 Thread Duncan Drennan
In case anyone wants to know in the future, I got around this by modifying the gnet-tango.scm to place the device first and the footprint name second. This allows one to use the footprint name as the PCAD library component name, which provides enough differentiation to work with. Obviously any part

Re: gEDA-user: Omega and mu characters not appearing in PS output

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 10:13:56AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone reproduce/suggest a fix? The basic problem is that the PS export does not use the gschem font. This contributes to a lot of print vs screen issues. It should be fairly trivial to turn the gschem font into a PS font th

Re: gEDA-user: Significance of names for Panasonic TS series cap footprints ?

2007-07-25 Thread armdeveloper
On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 21:48 -0400, John Luciani wrote: > The various tags that I use are documented in > > http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/footprint-name-spec.pdf Thank you ! ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cg

Re: gEDA-user: How to make vias have a solder stop mask?

2007-07-25 Thread John Griessen
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > Yes, this is still a weakness of geda. Nevertheless, the situation has > improved a lot since the wiki was installed. > > >> Perhaps an advanced tutorial would help here. > > I'd rather prefer to add some more advanced chapters to the existing > tutorial. Adding and

gEDA-user: component count in BOM

2007-07-25 Thread Duncan Drennan
Hi, How can I get a component count when using gnetlist -g bom? Thanks, Duncan ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: How to make vias have a solder stop mask?

2007-07-25 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:10:05 +0200, lynx.abraxas-KuiJ5kEpwI6ELgA04lAiVw wrote: > Great work, Kai-Martin! Well, as this is a wiki, it is a collective effort of many authors. You may contribute too. As a newbie you may have a better feeling for the difficulties to be mastered. Just ask Ales for

gEDA-user: Omega and mu characters not appearing in PS output

2007-07-25 Thread peter
Hi folks, I've been trying to use the omega and mu characters for "ohms" and "microfarads" in my value attributes for resistors and capacitors. They don't appear in the PostScript output, though! Can anyone reproduce/suggest a fix? Thanks, Peter _

Re: gEDA-user: Bug in cvs pcb concerning polygons

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:52:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's here: > http://www-nw.uni-regensburg.de/~.grr06742.back.physik.uni-regensburg.de/PCB/GPS_BUG.PCB > > If I try to draw a copper rectangle on GND-comp it either doesn't draw one at > all or scrambles it in the lower left

Re: gEDA-user: Auto-pan in pcb pans in wrong direction sometimes

2007-07-25 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 06:25:46AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I also noticed that auto-pan sometimes pans into the opposite direction of > what one would expect. Is that a bug or a feature? This might be related to the bug I filed about one direction of the scrollbars working backwar