Re: gEDA-user: Happy 20th

2011-09-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
and what your mileage is ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: help with pcb dsn plugin

2011-09-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
uting.net is > > pretty awesome. > I still have issues with examples/LED.pcb getting imported without tweaking, the dsn exporter should work straight "out-of-the-box" without massaging quotes and other tweaks. > Great! > > Best wishes, > > -- > Pe

Re: gEDA-user: Zoom bug on Windows

2011-09-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover > http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de > -> not happy with moderation of geda-user mailinglist > > > Got pcb-20110916-2.exe zooming too with: - Keys "z" and "Z" - Pull down menu - Scroll wheel Thanks guys. Kind regards

Re: gEDA-user: Zoom bug on Windows

2011-09-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
> A better solution would be to use locale agnostic string > processing routines here. > > > -- > Peter Clifton > > Electrical Engineering Division, > Engineering Department, > University of Cambridge, > 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, > Cambridge > CB3 0FA > >

Re: gEDA-user: CERN goes for KiCAD

2011-09-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
er tool-specific details needed (just defining copper > areas/pads, pins/holes, solder mask and paste, silk screen lines). > > Regards, > Colin > > Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB segfaults when the "Route style" button isclicked

2011-09-11 Thread Bert Timmerman
rday evening I looked into this for a couple of hours, without coming up with a solution. Just tested your commits, it's a confirmed fix. Did you include LP bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/844635 or are these patches still standing ? As a side effect I see that I can now add more new styles, dunno how much that was before yoru commits though. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: plugins (was: How can you help...)

2011-09-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
Seems a silly > detail to me, but that's how it's set up on github. > > Yes, you're right, I accedentally gave the git clone URI. Sorry if I wasted some of your spare cycles. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: test repo

2011-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
tch to scratch could put something up on github today. > > Some of us have been there, done just that, and for some time: https://github.com/fruoff/pcb-fruoff.git https://github.com/jaredcasper/pcb.git https://github.com/peter-b/geda-gaf.git https://github.com/bert/pcb.git And maybe som

Re: gEDA-user: plugins (was: How can you help...)

2011-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
changes in upstream pcb git-HEAD. I will try to look into it and get it to compile against at least the latest stable release 20100929. Patches are welcome @ https://launchpad.net/pcb-plugins , or better, include them plugins in upstream ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman.

Re: gEDA-user: test repo

2011-09-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
in using "Z" or "z". 2) No transparency (GL) supported. 3) When loading a layout the file selector only displays the icons for the top 1 or 2 files/directories and the remaining entries only when hovered over (having focus). 4) the big font issue ... (probably solved in t

Re: gEDA-user: How to find which specific part of a PCB is shorted?

2011-09-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
er an inside layer is on the same side as "[solder, component] side" by accident. See pull down menu: File --> Preferences ... --> Layers --> Groups Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Commandline option --menu-file

2011-08-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
not changed for the better. No need to spend time/effort for the geda-devs to fix a broken "dead end". Better create a non-modal popup dialog when neeeded, instead of a tear-off menu. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. I think tear-offs are very useful in cautiously selected GUI designs a

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
wpsoftware.net > Web: http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/ > > Looks nice ;-) I assume that "ground" is the active layer ? BTW, we could truncate layernames in buttons: "solder mask"--> "mask" "rat lines" --> "rats" "pins/

Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
without "rectangles" is the improvement we are looking for, and we should exploit screen real estate more aggressively and maybe even go as far as truncate layernames to 6..8 chars. Whatever we change, we should keep the (shortened) layernames in the button to assist our colourblind users. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Bug in 'FreeRotateBuffer()'? (WAS: Re: Line Thickness in Imported DXF Files; Rotating by Arbitrary Angle; UTF-8)

2011-08-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
googled for a datasheet and found one from Diodes, page 4 gives 1.39 mm by 1.40 mm for the "left" and "right" pads, so this "FreeRotateBuffer()" Heisenbug should go away by itself. Oh, and the marker is not in the Centre Of Gravity, so no easy pick-and-place part from a 5000 units / tape & reel ;-) @KMK: there are no "half bugs", bugs are boolean by nature, so either "0" or "1" should do ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Can i use geda for electric indoor installation?

2011-05-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
c. There happens to be a app for this at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicladder/ I've made some ladder diagram symbols for use with gschem: https://github.com/bert/gschem-symbols/tree/master/ladder Have fun ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___

Re: gEDA-user: zview/ngscope

2011-04-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
: > http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 > > > Hmm, ftp://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/pub/grace/src/devel/gracegtk-0.3.1_2011_03_ 29_10h08.tgz Has a date: 03/29/2011 09:20 2,554,540 gracegtk-0.3.1_2011_03_29_10h08.tgz Seems to need 2.12 < gtk <2.16 so YMMV Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: subcircuit definition and channelised design

2011-03-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get > > FWIW, I have saved this shell script for generating schematic pages into symbols. To be found at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/geda_sch2sym.tar.gz #!/bin/bash # gEDA - GNU E

Re: gEDA-user: Google Summer of Code 2011

2011-03-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
g to code a pcb footprint plug into the existing Kicad module editor "fped" Have a clone at: https://github.com/bert/fped.git It's currently still a work in progress: I have to split up the multifile Kicad modules and cross check the whole thing over. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman.

Re: gEDA-user: Google Summer of Code 2011

2011-03-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
regarding fped can be found here: http://people.openmoko.org/werner/fped/gui.html and here: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-electronic-lab/wiki/PCB/fped The source lives here: http://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/eda/fped/ I'm trying to code a footprint wizard myself at: https://github.

Re: gEDA-user: Open Collector Error Checking

2011-02-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
Clifton > > Electrical Engineering Division, > Engineering Department, > University of Cambridge, > 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, > Cambridge > CB3 0FA > > Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) > Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) >

Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

2011-02-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
e are not mandatory, I think the devs like to work without pressure of calender deadlines ;-). The positive side effect can be that it keeps traffic on both geda-dev and geda-user low, and ideas can be tracked for progress. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _

Re: gEDA-user: Advanced grids in GTK Pcb

2011-02-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
orums before. > > > Nice that you start up your own things in such a short time. Maybe it's an idea to look into minor and major grid lines or dots, as was introduced in gschem some time ago. This, and the nice font rendering, are

Re: gEDA-user: locknames -> ignorenames ?

2011-02-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > If the "lock" mechanism is not broken, please do not try to fix it ;-) This is a great opportunity to create all sorts of "Heis

Re: gEDA-user: New Column: From the CAD Library

2011-02-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
tasheets from vendors. One of Tom's "issues" that is to be kept in pcb are most of the mil grids because of the bazillion perf board and mil based parts on the market, to be bought for cheap by hobby-ists, or for "Quick-and-Neat" proto boards (we don't play or do dirty ;-). Just my opinion on the subject. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Thermals on Pads

2011-01-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
t; > calculation and newer ones has thermal specification in file? > > > > This opens discussion how/what to specify. > > > > Martin Kupec > > Is there a way to support both compatibly? If the data is to > be specified, it will need to be stored in the design

Re: gEDA-user: Bug triage

2011-01-11 Thread Bert Timmerman
15 11 gnucap-2009-12-07-tools.tar.gz 1021-118 14 (incomplete) IMHO: 1) the 147 k D/Ls looks like a (realistic ?) number of total D/L for all gEDA related packages and files ever. 2) SF math s*cks ! I hope Launchpad does it's math better. Just m

Re: gEDA-user: Bug triage

2011-01-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
e, > Cambridge > CB3 0FA > > Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) > Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) > > Maybe we are targetting the "wrong" OS ;-( Maybe the unofficial windows ports are more important th

gEDA-user: Launchpad: pcb next-bug-release

2011-01-08 Thread Bert Timmerman
mmited". Could anyone please give some clarification ? Let us avoid unnecessary rework on the status of bugs before these bugs drop out of sight. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul

Re: gEDA-user: Launchpad up & running [was: SourceForge bugtrackers frozen]

2011-01-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
users IDs, existing on both systems (LP + SF), a merge needs to be confirmed from SF in some unclear way. - maybe add a short list what status means what in LP on a wiki page pointing to LP / or on LP itself, we do not all speak English as a native language. Or should I report these in the LP bug

Re: gEDA-user: Wiki cleanup?

2011-01-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
DA-user: Wiki cleanup? > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > Would it be possible to > >> provide the pages on gpleda.org itself? > > > That can be done, it's just a couple of MB to upload. > > Question to the maintainers of gpleda.org(*): > Would it

Re: gEDA-user: Wiki cleanup?

2011-01-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Kai-Martin , > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of > Kai-Martin Knaak > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:30 PM > To: geda-u...@seul.org > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Wiki cleanup

Re: gEDA-user: Symbol question - suggestions?

2011-01-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
ating power pins with pn numbers in the file/link name: http://www.luciani.org/geda/util/util-index.html#create-np-symbols Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Wiki cleanup?

2011-01-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
; > Regards, > Mark > markra...@gmail > -- > Mark Rages, Engineer > Midwest Telecine LLC > markra...@midwesttelecine.com > > Which reminds me I have to upgrade the pcb dox at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/gaf/dox.html Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___

Re: gEDA-user: bugs, warts and feature requests (3)

2011-01-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
d feature requests (3) > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > >> • pcb feature request: Please put all the gerbers in a dedicated > >> subdir of the working directory by default. The name of the subdir > >> should be configurable. > > > > Is doable. > >

Re: gEDA-user: Resistor values.

2011-01-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Kai-Martin, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of > kai-martin knaak > Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 4:32 AM > To: geda-u...@seul.org > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Resistor values

gEDA-user: [Pcb PATCH SF ID: 3148827] First issue of the Dutch translation for pcb.

2010-12-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi devs and users, Subject says it all. Patches can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3148827&group_id=73743&atid= 538813 Or here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/pcb-dutch/ Kind regards, Be

Re: gEDA-user: Resistor values.

2010-12-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
o not delve into SF to see the names that could/should be mentioned. Think of evolution, not of revolution ... Many small steps may be even better than one big leap. Just my EUR 0.02 on the subject. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mail

Re: gEDA-user: Working on a tiny schematics editor

2010-12-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
d with distributions like Ubuntu? If > not, then it may be easier for people to install the whole > gEDA package than to get such a short ruby script running. :-( > > Best wishes for the new year, > > Stefan Salewski > Congrat

Re: gEDA-user: Resistor values???

2010-12-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
th zero length pins. The possibilites are endless as gschem offers great flexibility ;-) IMHO Users should take care of the needed "content" for thier own purposes, the gEDA suite itself only has to offer a basic set of symbols/footprints to get users started, and encourage sharing "

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA Wikibook ? (was: Toporouter crashing in GIThead on seemingly simple circuits)

2010-12-23 Thread Bert Timmerman
oporouter > crashing in GIThead on seemingly simple circuits) > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > Why not create a wikibook ? > > Great idea! > I am in for starting such a book. > Also count me in for tips and tricks of wikipedia formating. > My "other" co

Re: gEDA-user: bugs, warts and feature requests (3)

2010-12-23 Thread Bert Timmerman
flow will fail > somewhere down the road with unspecific symptoms. This is a > nasty, but long standing newbie trap that really should be > defused one way or another. +1 > Please comment. > > ---<)kaimartin(>--- > -- > Kai-Martin Knaak > Öffent

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA Wikibook ? (was: Toporouter crashing in GIT head on seemingly simple circuits)

2010-12-23 Thread Bert Timmerman
he lab!) > Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) > > > Why not create a wikibook ? So everybody can join in on the fun, and add their tidbits. Have a look at http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Subject:Electrical_engineering gEDA could be ahead of the "competition

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA-dev: Dev list [was: Random thoughts onthe future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
ubject: Re: gEDA-user: gEDA-dev: Dev list [was: Random > thoughts onthe future interface of PCB] > > On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 20:46 +0100, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > > ... > > your personal dev-blog), on-line editing files, etc etc --> Github > > rocks, > ..

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA-dev: Dev list [was: Random thoughts onthe future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
1's) could "git cherry-pick" from these forks (after discussion, prodding, tweaking etc. and final agreement) with a couple of mouse clicks that would be nice Github has automated pull requests, fork queues, an integrated issues system, configurable post commit hooks

Re: gEDA-user: comments on gcode generation (was: Re: exportingsingle pcb layers)

2010-12-01 Thread Bert Timmerman
chining time down to less than 50%. > > Yes, this would be a very welcome addition. Is there a pure C > library with this stuff available somewhere? Java or C++ > isn't an option for inclusion with gEDA. > http://www.qhull.org There happens to live a git repo her

Re: gEDA-user: a different approach to 3D modeling

2010-11-21 Thread Bert Timmerman
se.com/thing:3559 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3372 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3363 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2982 Printable RC filter redux (should have been done with pcb) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2360 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1904 Parametric QF Breakout Board (should have been done with pcb) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1716 Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: STEP Format? [WAS: Re: PCB+GL+3D Packages??]

2010-11-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
o though ;-) Nah, thanks, I think it's a bit too expensive on memory and IMHO vertexes resemble "minced meat" --> try putting it together to get the original cow ;-) I'd rather have 3D primitives like cubes, cylinders, spheres, toroids etc. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: a different approach to 3D modeling

2010-11-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 > > Have a look at: http://openscad.org/ And the beginning of an OpenSCAD exporter for pcb, on top of a recent (current) clone of the pcb git repository: https://github.com/bert/pcb-opensca

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL+3D Packages??

2010-11-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
ck easy copying mostly, > not very good for revising designs. > They mostly use STL. Reprap is the group that's been > promoting openscad lately. > > I prefer HeeksCAD for the python interface. I'm adding a > feature to that python interface to

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL+3D Packages??

2010-11-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
ers by definition extrude (possibly non-conductive) plastics). OTOH, there is Blender, BRL-CAD, HeeksCAD to name a few. 3) I there any insight where to place the bet for our pcb monies (and coding time) ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL notes on VBOs

2010-11-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
t; > Richard > FWIW, a large amount of graphics memory is one thing, my 256 Mb graphics memory is shared memory which is contributing to the total performance equation. I still have to start the prcess of fine tuning modelines and BIOS to get the max performance wrung out of the HW. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL Testers (please test)

2010-11-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Peter, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Bert Timmerman > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:35 PM > To: 'gEDA user mailing list' > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL Testers

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL Testers (please test)

2010-11-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
ease test) > > Hi, > > On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 14:35 +0100, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > I tried the above and ran into trouble with the requirement > of gtkglext-1.0: > > there seems to be no such RPM package available for Fedora 13 ;-( > > I'm running Fedora 13 and h

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL Testers (please test)

2010-11-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
ignal in the lab!) > Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) > > > I tried the above and ran into trouble with the requirement of gtkglext-1.0: there seems to be no such RPM package available for Fedora 13 ;-( So I will try to find (or build) and install a pa

Re: gEDA-user: gschem guile scripting

2010-10-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
x. 31 person years effort (http://www.ohloh.net/p/gEDA) Pcb approx. 32 person years effort (http://www.ohloh.net/p/pcb) The difference in LOC is not much larger: gEDA approx. 126k LOC (excluding blanks and comments). Pcb approx. 127K LOC (excluding blanks and commen

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 > Avoiding the command line won't help you on the gschem --> simulation work flow. Loosing potential users due to a command like thing is probably something a lot of *nix apps and tools suffer from. I can't help people

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-30 Thread Bert Timmerman
t the bend of a through hole resistor. Chip capacitors and resistors are easy: just some cubes ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Evan Foss > Sent: Saturda

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-30 Thread Bert Timmerman
http://github.com/bert/openscad Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of > Vanessa Ezekowitz > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:56 PM > To: geda-user@moria.seul.

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
OK, I'm corrected and happy for us ;-) Anyone volunteering for the difficult part ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Jones > Sent: Friday, O

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
al CAD I would rather put my money on IDF. Maybe Blender, OpenSCAD or BRL-CAD should become our 3D-friends ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent:

Re: gEDA-user: Ben mode feature request

2010-10-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
I try to work out a proof-of-concept board to investigate the feasibility. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Change default file-filter in open-dialog

2010-10-01 Thread Bert Timmerman
Export layout... // here follows the Brady bunch of all available exporters ;) -- Close layout Ctrl-W // if and when multiple layouts are supported ;-) Close all layouts // if and when multiple layouts are supported ;-) Exit Alt+X // But it isn't, so it's just my EUR 0.02 on the subject. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Change default file-filter in open-dialog

2010-09-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
ile-filter in open-dialog > > Hi Bert, > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > Commit message says it all: > > Apply filters to load filechooser dialogs. [1988982] [2686963] > > > > Applies filters to the filechooser dialogs when > loading layouts, > &

Re: gEDA-user: PCB: Change default file-filter in open-dialog

2010-09-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
o the > sourceforge-patch-tracker now because I think, this Patch is > not really essential. If it is easier for you if I send all > my patches to the tracker, please send me a message and I > will add this one (and all later patches)! > Commit message says it all: Author: Bert Ti

Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

2010-09-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
much better general tool. > > Rick > > For a pcb FootPrint Wizard have a look at: http://github.com/bert/pcb-fpw For the sources (git). A manual with screenshots can be found at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-fpw/user-manual.html I

Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

2010-09-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
element defining the height. Something like: Attribute ("element_height=", "5 mm") And write a plugin for parsing all elements and exporting this (and other) attribute as key-value pairs to whatever file (format) you can think of for further processing (mechanical DRC). Kind

Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

2010-09-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
ds here), 2) placing parts op [top, bottom, buried components] in the keepout area for reasons of clashing with mounting holes, other parts courtyard (real estate), underlying stripline antennas, diff pair traces and other EMC reasons. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman.

Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

2010-09-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
stment > capability (fill > in thickness, stray capacitance and desired impedance, and > the width is > adjusted to satisfy the conditions). > > * Integrated footprint lookup and fetch from gedasymbols.org. > > > Might be a bit much and a bit difficult, but at least for me, > it would > promote PCB from "very good" to "absolutely awesome". ;) > > I got one feature request to add: pad corners with a radius smaller than (0.5 * trace_width). And a question: is someone keeping a list of these feature requests on the gEDA dev wiki page ? http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:todos Kind regards, Bert Timmerman ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

2010-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
exporter for either XML or IDF ;-) The same goes for a IPC-356 compliant test point data exporter, a DXF import plug-in, a DXF exporter and the list goes on and on. Too much ideas and sparse free time. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB format wishlist

2010-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
ernal file or to be embedded. The analogy of embedded/unembedded symbols in gschem comes to mind. I never have applied symbols recursively though (symbols within symbols within symbols), other than in the form of hierarchical multisheet schematics (symbols pointing to schematics containing s

Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

2010-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi, There happens to be a newer version (1998) of the IDF specification: http://www.simplifiedsolutionsinc.com/images/idf_v40_spec.pdf Kind regards, Bert Timmerman > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On

Re: gEDA-user: Functional blocks and PCB format changes

2010-09-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
ave a "truly" exchangable XML file. I think that for an exchangable format for schematic capture, pcb layout __and__ 3D mechanical CAD stuff the "problem" is waaay to big to grasp in a forthnight and DIY. And there happens to be a standard of sorts which does just that, named ID

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA beginners questions about gschem-programming

2010-08-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, For on-line gEDA developer documentation generated with Doxygen have a look at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/gaf/dox.html Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. BTW: you all know where to post your patches with Doxygenn comments ;-) > -Original Message- > From: geda-use

Re: gEDA-user: pcb keyboard shortcuts (and usability in general)

2010-08-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
(and usability > in general) > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > Maybe a single button would do to open a popup dialog to > alter layer > > settings. > > > > Maybe something like this screenshot from AutoCAD: > > > > > http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4t

Re: gEDA-user: Specification of Rotations for Auto Assembly

2010-08-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Armin Faltl > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 1:04 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Specification of Rotations for Auto Assembly > > > > Ri

Re: gEDA-user: pcb keyboard shortcuts (and usability in general)

2010-08-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
o open a popup dialog to alter layer settings. Maybe something like this screenshot from AutoCAD: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/Layer_properties_manager.jpg Just the 5 left columns and the right most would do the trick. Regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: discussion on what busses *mean*

2010-08-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
gt; * "Conductor" is of course too specific here, given that we > have users that design hydraulics with gschem. > > John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. > http://www.noqsi.com/ > j...@noqsi.com > > "Conduit" comes close ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report

2010-08-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
>--- > -- > Kai-Martin Knaak > Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 > > Intermediate Data Format (IDF) may be a viable solution, some main stream CAD applications use it or have import/export functionality for IDF. The format is des

Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report

2010-08-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
> -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Steven > Michalske > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:19 AM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report > > I

Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report

2010-08-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
e stuff) Tail: Not enough contributors/contributions to gain any/enough leverage against the bazzillion parts out there. I have been there, done that, that is where we are at the moment ;-) I will see how well this goes, things can only get better, for now I scratch my own itch with gEDA and any "Automation" I can think of for myself. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Commercial CAD, land pattern generators report

2010-08-11 Thread Bert Timmerman
an further think of (gpinout). Oh, and I bundled some pcb plug-ins. All to be found at http://www:github.com/bert Most of these projects are half baked, you (both the lists) are all invited to bake the other half. This because my spare time is becoming "sparse time" Kind rega

Re: gEDA-user: teardrops.c & cvs access

2010-07-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
> all the gathering, licensing, testing, and documenting to do. > > Have a look at: http://github.com/bert/pcb-plugins And please read README.plug-ins for instructions. License texts included ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. BTW: patches are welcome __

Re: gEDA-user: dxf again

2010-07-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
is first attempt to code something in C is worth half that much ;-) IMHO, it might be better to do the pcb2dxf stuff as a plug-in. At one moment in time it did actually compile (with a lot warnings) but the resulting files were wrong, that is, they didn't load into AutoCAD. I never found e

Re: gEDA-user: moving slotting to pcb?

2010-06-27 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi DJ, and all, > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of DJ Delorie > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 5:49 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: moving slotting to pcb? > > > > If we want to o

Re: gEDA-user: moving slotting to pcb?

2010-06-27 Thread Bert Timmerman
vel, which is two levels upstream. This should be done by gattrib/gparts. BTW2: The "transistor" problem has to be solved at the same upstream level (2). Just call pins "e", "b", "c" in the schematic and let gattrib/gparts sort out the pin mapping. Users sh

Re: gEDA-user: [PATCH 1/7] PCB localization

2010-05-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
+44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) > Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) > > 5. *all* the impatient geda-users can apply the patches to their local repository themselves, and have a test drive, without having to poke sourceforge. 6. *all* impatient geda-devs

Re: gEDA-user: OT: Bike Alarms

2010-05-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
of Gene. Another tactic may be to elongate the reporting interval when the "bike under thread" remains in a assigned "safe zone" (for bike theft there are no safe zones in the Netherlands). It could work with timing intervals of 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours etc. W

Re: gEDA-user: Copper-free area in footprint

2010-05-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
s without Biketheft Protection Chip (BPC), and EUR 85 with BPC for the same period. Maybe you can guestimate the price any consumer in my area would pay for your device ;-) based on above figures. Bike theft is one of the most commited (and not resolved) crimes in the Netherlands. Kind regards

Re: gEDA-user: Database on symbols, footprints and other (was "Re: gattrib")

2010-04-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
and > other (was "Re: gattrib") > > Hi, > > attached is a 1st version of the table definitions. The file > should be self-documenting. > > Armin > Did you have a stab at: git clone git://git.gpleda.org/gpar

Re: gEDA-user: PCB configuration skin

2010-04-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
on your own. It's boils down to "Free and Open Source Software" versus " Controlled Repositories and Distribution Channels". More useful features were dropped in the history of GTK, and will be. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Polygon and track spacing

2010-04-23 Thread Bert Timmerman
still have "Clippy" ringing in my ears from some other mail thread the other day ;-) If you need artwork to go along with the dialog we can have a contest for the most pcb-like "assistant". Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Patch to PCB build system needs testing/feedback

2010-04-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
as Microsoft Windows XP (SP3) with a recent cygwin (new release and build system). This one has automake-1.11.1 and autoconf-2.65 and AFAICT here things work as you advocate ;-) I had to configure with --disable-doc and --disable-update-desktop-database to get things working here. I hope

Re: gEDA-user: Matching footprints with symbols

2010-04-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
file in the process). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Armin Faltl > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:57 AM > To: gEDA user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: Where and what month of the forums can I findand other locations on PCB Release 20091103Added experimental topological autorouter

2010-04-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
in the above. In this mode all sorts of not specific stuff could be ignored and specific commands could be honed into the exact syntax needed. Just my EUR 0.02 on the subject :) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: hydraulic symbols and schematics

2010-04-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
your forkqueue :-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Tom Hawkins > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 4:13 AM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subj

Re: gEDA-user: hydraulic symbols and schematics

2010-04-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
ectivity (nets), adding the right attributes and invoking a scheme backend with netlist to do your preprocessing and solver stuff (this is the real challenge, not the schematics). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-bo

Re: gEDA-user: hydraulic symbols and schematics

2010-04-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Bob, Do not discuss patents here please ! This is highly contageous and attracts law suits. Without the mentioning of patents the general idea would have come across as well. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > -Original Message- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.se

Re: gEDA-user: Launchpad (was: rant: pcb print from command line)

2010-03-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
ils.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/bins/636 8 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: I am such a troll for posting to slashdot

2010-03-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
outdo Eagle or any other closed source app, only a *huge* effort needs to be made. As it is now we can't even setup a decent mirror system for stuff without donations, and even donations sponsored source improvements go slow (LF). The "scratch-your-own-itch" attitu

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