gEDA-user: Footprint naming convention

2007-09-01 Thread andrewm
I am presently drawing up footprints for my stock components. I have read the naming conventions for the footprints and have done some searches but can't find an answer to this query. I have for many components two different foot prints. I would like to know if there is a convention to naming th

Re: gEDA-user: Units used by software. interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread al davis
On Saturday 01 September 2007, DJ Delorie wrote: > Hmm^2... teach pcb's parser to support a unit suffix on each > value! We only need mil and mm, but the mechanism should > allow for more as needed. I have code to do that in gnucap. It's C++, but it is just one function, and trivial to convert t

Re: gEDA-user: Units used by software. interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> So is there really a need to change the units used in the software > then ? I recently switched to gEDA from autotrax because I could > not line up a 0.45mm DFN package I am now using a lot. The 1E-5" > units seem to be more than adequate for this. I don't think there's much need at the momen

Re: gEDA-user: list of cell types emitted by icarus synthesis?

2007-09-01 Thread Stephen Williams
Adam Megacz wrote: > Does anybody know where I might find a comprehensive list of the EDIF > cell types emitted by icarus' synthesis back-end? I'd like to try to > get an idea of where the finish line is in terms of supporting all the > cell types it might throw at my stuff. An approximation of t

gEDA-user: Units used by software. - was - Re: C++ (was Re: interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread andrewm
>>> Someone wrote: >>> >> andrewm wrote: >> Whats the smallest thing people have had to deal >> with so far then ? > DJ Delorie wrote: > I've done 01005 caps, which are 8 mils by 16 mils. PCB had no > problem with those. I've also done 0.4mm pitch VSSOPs, which > is about an 8 mil wide

Re: gEDA-user: printing, postscript and page size (under cygwin)

2007-09-01 Thread Duncan Drennan
> Maybe your default printer settings are using Letter as a default paper > size? Check -> Settings -> Printers -> and > then wrestle through all the tabs in the settings pane searching for > default paper size. I recall having had a problem like that in the past. I had thought this may be the c