Re: gEDA-user: OT?: Altium (Protel) Relocates From Sydney Australia to Shanghai China

2011-04-09 Thread gedau
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 10:51:00AM -0400, Bob Paddock wrote: > The developers always wanted to know "the fastest way" to do something > and had no interest in learning "the best way" to do something. Lately I had the chance to work together with professional software developers from multiple

Re: gEDA-user: please recommend me a good water soluable flux

2011-04-09 Thread John Luciani
Kester 2331-ZX Aggressive flux so make sure you clean thoroughly. (* jcl *) -- http://www.wiblocks.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: please recommend me a good water soluable flux

2011-04-09 Thread yamazakir2
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Re: gEDA-user: Strokes in gEDA (gschem)

2011-04-09 Thread Vladimir Zhbanov
On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 09:20:04PM +0200, Markus Traidl wrote: ... >I like theses mouse strokes very much and I found the possibility to >enable these strokes even in gschem: > >(middle-button "stroke") > >But: I did not find any information what type of strokes are defined >a

gEDA-user: Strokes in gEDA (gschem)

2011-04-09 Thread Markus Traidl
Hello, I just started using gEDA. Actually I like it very much, because it reminds me to the tools what I have to use at work ... There I use Mentor Boardstation with mouse strokes. I like theses mouse strokes very much and I found the possibility to enable these strokes even i

Re: gEDA-user: Split ground planes and zero ohm jumpers

2011-04-09 Thread John Griessen
On 04/08/2011 03:43 PM, Karl Hammar wrote: Like this? # 3216 / 1206 as "connecting" footprint > Works perfectly fine (for the attached pcb file) till you press "o": > > Warning! Net "unnamed_net1" is shorted to net "unnamed_net3" > Warning! Net "unnamed_net1" is shorted to F1 pad c Thanks

Re: gEDA-user: Split ground planes and zero ohm jumpers

2011-04-09 Thread Stephan Boettcher
DJ Delorie writes: >> Why not a description for what it is, instead of fending off some >> program. Like "square,use=xx", where xx could be "fuse", "antenna", >> etc. > > For starters, flags are one-bit values. > > Also, if you allow the user to put in a wide range of values, then the > routines

Re: gEDA-user: Split ground planes and zero ohm jumpers

2011-04-09 Thread DJ Delorie
> Why not a description for what it is, instead of fending off some > program. Like "square,use=xx", where xx could be "fuse", "antenna", > etc. For starters, flags are one-bit values. Also, if you allow the user to put in a wide range of values, then the routines in pcb need to understand what

gEDA-user: OT?: Altium (Protel) Relocates From Sydney Australia to Shanghai China

2011-04-09 Thread Bob Paddock
I know several people here use Altium and/or Protel, such as when the Day Job forces us to do so, anyway though you might find of interest that Altium has announced they are moving the company to Shanghai China. Former Altium employ David L. Jones of EEBlog http://www.eevblog.com/ confirms this:

Re: gEDA-user: Split ground planes and zero ohm jumpers

2011-04-09 Thread Karl Hammar
DJ Delorie: > > # shorting trace > > Pad [ -1.550mm 0.000mm1.550mm 0.000mm 0.5mm 0.5mm 0.700mm "c" "c" > > "square" ] > Perhaps a new flag for pads that means "non-net copper" ? Then > "square,nonnet" (for example) tells 'o' to ignore that copper when > determining connectivity, but DR