Re: gEDA-user: PCB - How To Find A Component?

2009-02-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
in line 71, near the strcmp () call. Maybe I'm overlooking something very obvious and better should restart tomorrow morning after some coffee. Anyway I think I would like my attempt sofar. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. /*! * \file findelement.c * \author Copyright (C) 2009 by Bert Ti

Re: gEDA-user: autogenerate documentation to track project progress

2009-02-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Dan and all, Bert Timmerman wrote: Dan McMahill wrote: Chitlesh GOORAH wrote: Currently, I code with ghdl and generate its documentation(pdf) with doxygen + my latex template, thereby I have an updated documentation which helps me track the work done and progress made by different

Re: gEDA-user: autogenerate documentation to track project progress

2009-02-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
ve a look at: http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/ 3rd line from the top :-) "Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL (Corba and Microsoft flavors), Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some extent D." Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. __

Re: gEDA-user: PCB + GL latest (patch for indirect rendering support)

2009-02-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
nch as to lower the treshold for testing. (just swap branches and recompile :-) 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: Standard symbol for mechanical items?

2009-02-08 Thread Bert Timmerman
ock and place the symbols as a reminder where to put them on the pcb. With a correct footprint attribute added they show up in the pcb layout after running gsch2pcb. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. v 20070626 1 T 310 650 5 10 0 0 0 0 1 device=MTG T 800 100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 refdes

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA new home on the 'net and other good changes...

2009-02-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
da.org/?p=pcb.git;a=summary > Congrats and thanks for making all this happen. It might be a first step into a unified (look and feel) gEDA suite. 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: [RFC 6/6] Generation of log files

2009-01-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
ollowed with the event to be logged. Then there is the choice for appending or prepending log entries in the log file. And maybe NFS and security issues have to be looked into. One thing should remain: errors should be reported in a popup dialog so they can be noticed and acted upon immedi

Re: gEDA-user: gedasymbols.org - site down?

2008-12-15 Thread Bert Timmerman
with NH soil. One caveat is the infinite number of saplings to be weeded out every year or two. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > > > ___ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/

Re: gEDA-user: Spice PWL database or PWL generator

2008-11-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
forge.net/ If this is about generating stimuli for a simulator based on the timing diagrams, that's another functionality which I have not yet seen. Then again, google may be your friend ... YMMV ;-) My EUR 0.02 and the usual disclaimers. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman.

Re: gEDA-user: "mm garbage", cannot repro

2008-11-19 Thread Bert Timmerman
that appear when you go > from grid to pad). > > 2) Change the line removal code to check both endpoints for tiny > segments and delete them. > > And a less quick way: > > 3) Add the requested 'remove net' feature which would presum

Re: gEDA-user: "mm garbage", cannot repro

2008-11-19 Thread Bert Timmerman
arbage" problem, this doesn't solve things on the "root cause" side of the "mm garbage" problem. Or is it a "mil garbage" problem ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > ___ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria

Re: gEDA-user: Want to Use TI's symbols, footprints

2008-11-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
e the footprint to file and store the tweaked definition as an ASCII file (probably something like "DIP08300_tweaked.fp" and "DIP08300_tweaked.fpw"). It's not all perfect as of yet, a lot remains to be done (it's only version 0.0.9). I hope this clarifies some of your questions,

Re: gEDA-user: Want to Use TI's symbols, footprints

2008-11-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
P/Cygwin :) so there is hope for the M$ users. Any volunteers, support, hints, tips, unmarked bills are welcome :) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 22:04 +0200, Duncan Drennan wrote: > It's a pity that the LP calculator is only for .NET, and it probably >

Re: gEDA-user: Back Annotation

2008-11-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
he > two patches here. Neither was particularly large, and they have both got > me out of a holes with my design. > Maybe you can put your hack-arounds on geda-symbols.org :) 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: Part Rotation in XY-data

2008-11-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
to give some serious problems with pick-and-place machines. Example: Pin #1 is at the Mark = 0,0 Pin #2 is somewhere in the upper left quadrant Rotate the element 0.5 degrees around pin #1 0.0 degrees != 0.5 degrees --> Jackpot !! 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: constructive geometry (was Re: final modification)

2008-11-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 15:22 -0500, Ethan Swint wrote: > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > Modifying the existing polygon would probably become too cumbersome if > > new vertices need be added and holes ("negative" copper) in polygons to > > be defined in ways cu

Re: gEDA-user: final modification

2008-11-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
peration result in the intersection of two polygons, and would the "XOR" operation result in "negative" copper (a.k.a. a hole) where two polygons were overlapping and leave "positive" copper where only one of the two former polygons touched the laminate ? Kind regards,

Re: gEDA-user: PCB to IGES converstion?

2008-10-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Mike, On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 10:42 -0500, Mike Crowe wrote: > On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 21:23 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > Cool beans! I've looked at the code (very briefly) and have a few > questions. See below. > > Hi Mike, > > > > On Fri, 2008-10-10

Re: gEDA-user: PCB to IGES converstion?

2008-10-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
ith modifications to the house: extension, new kitchen, etc. That will keep me busy until most of December I guess. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. > So how about it. Anyone have this tool half built? > > Thanks in advance ___ ge

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, howto get plain rats lines instead of circles

2008-10-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 07:56 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > FWIW, > > I notice that both rat lines on the pads with circles (in C600 and C601) > have the "via" flag set. > > I wonder, what could have triggered this ? > > Is it that the laye

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, howto get plain rats lines instead of circles

2008-10-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
ot;component" layer, so the rat "via" goes away, so to me there seems to be no reason for a via. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 23:58 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 07.10.2008, 18:34 +0200 schrieb Stefan Salewski: > > I will myself m

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, howto get plain rats lines instead of circles

2008-10-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
n intermediate layer and via is required ? Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 19:05 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote: > I have seen these circles indicating a connection to a plane in DJ's > tutorial for the first time. Now I get these myself. I do not un

gEDA-user: [pcb] IPC 2581 standard (was Driving the netlist from PCB (instead of gschem))

2008-09-30 Thread Bert Timmerman
terested as of yet. When and if this IPC standard is finished, somebody who really needs this functionality can write his/her own exporter based on the standard. XML should be fairly simple :) [snip] 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: Error in Centroid Calculation

2008-09-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
offset with respect to the RS274-X output. Given that this bug has been here since the code was written 3 years ago, I conclude that in fact no one has used this feature. also look at: http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Jan-2008/msg00016.html Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2008-09-29

Re: gEDA-user: Error in Centroid Calculation

2008-09-29 Thread Bert Timmerman
(and complain about nobody using this feature, since he found it was buggy for years !). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 09:13 -0400, John Luciani wrote: > There appears to be an error in the centroid calculation in > pcb-20080202. If I load the pcb (below) in version pcb-2

Re: gEDA-user: Centroid data and BGA footprints

2008-08-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Dan, Google for "IPC 7095" Maybe some version of it is living at: http://power611.blog.dianyuan.com/u/61/1200480914.pdf BTW: I mixed up rows and column indicators ("1A" should have been "A1" etc.). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk beri

Re: gEDA-user: Centroid data and BGA footprints

2008-08-31 Thread Bert Timmerman
. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens David Kuehling Verzonden: zondag 31 augustus 2008 14:47 Aan: geda-user@moria.seul.org Onderwerp: gEDA-user: Centroid data and BGA footprints Hi, I'm just wondering, how do

Re: gEDA-user: geda/PCB missing in 'Elektor' CAD software comparison

2008-08-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
me busy in maintaining at least one M$ platform, so I do not estrange from my collegues at work and keep in touch with the evil empire :-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. PS: Maybe a proper win-gEDA installer will get the attention of Elektor. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: gEDA-user: How to unsubscribe?

2008-08-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
Unsubscribing from the geda list ? It's like in this great song "Hotel California" by the Eagles: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" LOL All the best wishes, Bert Timmerman ___ geda-us

Re: gEDA-user: Pin statement

2008-07-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
perture (2.1 mm ~83 mil), this possibly leaves a small angle for the line of sight (visibility). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Mark Rages Verzonden: zaterdag 26 juli 2008 7:15 Aan: gEDA user ma

Re: gEDA-user: ideeas for gschem and pcb

2008-07-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Teodor, On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 14:53 +0300, Robas, Teodor wrote: > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > Hi Kai-Martin, Teodor and all, > > > > On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 23:38 +, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:14:05 +0300, Robas, Teod

Re: gEDA-user: ideeas for gschem and pcb

2008-07-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
d anywhere in the file system nowadays, the file chooser dialog gives the path as a bonus if you bother to ask for it). Just another 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: bom2 gnetlist

2008-07-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
can find the files with: locate gnetlist.scm The language is named "guile" (http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/) an implementation of "scheme" (http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/scheme/) which is a dialect of the Lisp programming language. Google may be your friend here :) Kind reg

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] "Ben Mode" board photograph exporter

2008-07-09 Thread Bert Timmerman
t they look like. > I was thinking of adding an option to offset all the drills and the > mask by some small amount to simulate fab misalignment, but I figured > that would be too real. > > Yeah, that would be over the top ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. __

Re: gEDA-user: Mechanical/Documentation layer in PCB

2008-07-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
as :) for this would spoil the trick, the same Good Practice as with silk layers. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 17:16 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Maybe add the layer names "ignore" and/or "mechanical" to the > > special cases (like "outlin

Re: gEDA-user: Mechanical/Documentation layer in PCB

2008-07-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
, how could pcb know what peoples come up with and throw on pcb ? For instance: what is meant to be the inside / outside of any entity on the "keepout" layer ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 14:44 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > Not at this time, sorry. > > >

Re: gEDA-user: gschem cairo - how to compile?

2008-07-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
e added/checked out against the official geda repo (being a branch of a cloned repo ;) IIRC, first checkout geda-gaf and then add Peter's branch. 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: Newbie questions

2008-07-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
; that there are no attempts on implementing that either, are there? > > Not that I'm aware of > One can always file a feature request at sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=161080&atid=818429) 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: Way OT: Architectural CAD programs

2008-07-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
yself, dunno if it works on linux. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 15:20 +0100, David SMITH wrote: > On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 06:48:17PM -0400, Randall Nortman wrote: > > I know this really has nothing to do with gEDA, but I figure there's > > likely some o

gEDA-user: [pcb] lock elements plug-in

2008-06-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
elements on the pcb. If no argument is given, no locking/unlocking is performed on elements. Usual disclaimers apply, just my EUR 0.02 and have fun :) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http

Re: gEDA-user: neck-down example

2008-06-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
ome messy in case of a conflict of interest between the two. Plug-in would have to bail out with a message like "there was no decent solution possible". BTW2: Hot spots ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 22:10 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > We talked about this on

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Ben and all, On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 13:30 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:00:58PM +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > > UnlockElements(All) works as expected, Selected is still insensitive due > > to the fact that I still can't select locked

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Ben, On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 14:47 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:37:12PM +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > > While testing the patch (attached) I made against my LockElements(All| > > Selected) /UnlockElements(All|Selected) plugin (at

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-23 Thread Bert Timmerman
k all elements. Not exactly what I had in mind. I will gives this another try tomorrow night :) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. --- src/select.orig 2008-05-19 16:52:31.0 +0200 +++ src/select.c 2008-06-23 23:20:25.0 +0200 @@ -264,7 +264,7 @

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-22 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Ben, On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 14:36 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:19:12PM +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > > While testing my plugin for locking/unlocking all or selected elements I > > found that selected footprints once locked cannot be de-

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
Yes, it does after END_LOOP etc.: END_LOOP; gui->invalidate_all (); IncrementUndoSerialNumber (); return 0; } Thanks for the confirmation that my code should work :) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 17:38 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: >

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
LAG, element); SET_FLAG(LOCKFLAG, element); } } } } END_LOOP; AFAICT, to no avail. Kind regards, bert Timmerman. On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 17:20 -0400, DJ Delorie wr

Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

2008-06-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
elements in my plugin and resume to lock all/unlock all behaviour. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. BTW: google for pcb-plugins :) On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 21:40 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 16:31 -0400, Ian Chapman wrote: > > Thanks Kai but it's not that. > &g

gEDA-user: [pcb] plug-in for locking/unlocking selected/all elements

2008-06-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, Subject line says it all. To be found here: http://github.com/bert/pcb-plugins/tree/master/src/lockelements.c For a fork/tarball of the collection, go here: http://github.com/bert/pcb-plugins/tree/master Kind regards, Bert Timmerman

Re: gEDA-user: L-mark at locked component

2008-06-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Kai-Martin, It's sitting in draw.c for quit some time now. Author: danmc Date: Sun Aug 19 18:25:51 2007 + when drawing the mark for an element also put an "L" on it if the element is locked. Patch from Bert Timmerman It was a trivial snippet. Kind regards, Bert

Re: gEDA-user: Using mm units in .pcb files

2008-06-11 Thread Bert Timmerman
uot; (200 300) 6 "THRESHOLD" (100 300) 7 "DISCHARGE" (0 300) 8 "VCC" > ) # what about oblong pin pads ? pads = ( width = 75 endcap = SQUARE (0 -37 0 37) 1 "GND" endcap = RO

Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

2008-06-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Peter, You can join the fun at: http://github.com/bert/pcb-dxf-hid/tree/master and fork if you like :) Any contributions/patches/code snippets are welcome. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 16:06 -0400, Peter Todd wrote: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:02:01PM -0400, D

Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

2008-06-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
more frequent basis (once/twice a year) so we can see where the user base is shifting towards (if new users emerge, or maybe current users throw in the towel). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 09:55 +, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > I am curious, just how heterogeneous the group

Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

2008-06-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
t; analog/digital mixed > * (add your favorite question here) > > ---<(kaimartin)>--- 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: gschem won't connect nets

2008-05-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
' character in front of snap). Since gschem doesn't have a CLI widget near the bottom of the window this example doesn't apply today ... Nevermind, you asked for thoughts :) Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 07:39 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: >

Re: gEDA-user: footprint critique request

2008-04-30 Thread Bert Timmerman
to drill hole sizes etc. and think the annulus would be to thin for hand made boards. Used this switch on a home made board some years ago (1990 or so). I included my untested version. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. # author: Bert Timmerman # email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # dist-license: GPL 2 # use-lice

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 13:58 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: > An addendum... > > > In the past, I have exported .png or .pdf files from PCB, and then > > embedded the fab drawing as an object into a SolidWorks drawing. Then > > I have added all the

Re: gEDA-user: rat not connected, can't find it

2008-04-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
ffer a possible solution/workaround for a customer within the same day (week, month, year, decade ... whatever suits the company most). This is only to be found in Free Software projects such as gEDA and friends. Keep on doing the Good Thing (TM) DJ :) Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 10:00 -0

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, FWIW, I have updated on the link below. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2008-03-06 at 06:48 +0100, Bert Timmerman wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 21:24 +, Robert Fitzsimons wrote: > > I've been working on a design for a software define radio and some of > >

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
ou can find a first attempt her: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-fpw.html I will update the content this evening. 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: pick and place ?plugin?footprints.c? for

2008-02-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
0.02 proposal is to add this as an attribute value to the pcb file within the element definition, maybe encapsulated within the element body (according to the current file format), or as an extension to the element header (change of the current file format). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Tue,

Re: gEDA-user: is tragesym still the one to use? and a script for hierarchical symbol making

2008-01-01 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Ales, I do/did use gmk-sym exclusively, haven't used it in a while, didn't upgrade my "modus operandi" to tragesym yet. I think I go for "monkey-proof" technology :) Hope this answer helps a little bit. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Tue, 2008-01-01 at

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] "first board" docs

2007-12-27 Thread Bert Timmerman
then page #1 again for the introduction chapter. So basically page numbers after the index are offset by 2 ;-( Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 01:47 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Your tutorial looks very good indeed. > > Thanks! > > > FWIW, the boards I

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] "first board" docs

2007-12-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
t and then route the necessary traces. When the number of pins on a part is large or the numbering scheme is confusing (example: DSUB connector), I use the pinout window. Furthermore when I'm just a little bit certain a named part is in the *right* position I lock it. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind

Re: gEDA-user: Fwd: Parts DB API: the story so far

2007-12-26 Thread Bert Timmerman
csv-files or more intricate stuff). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 14:47 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > It is certainly true that if a DB is required to run gEDA, > > > > Thats an opinion or a belief not a proven fact. > >

Re: gEDA-user: Testing of GIT HEAD, new MIME icons etc...

2007-12-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Peter, These icons look great ! You and Tomaz Solc have taken things to yet another level ;-) One typo on your page though: I think the "Excillon" files are actually named "Excellon". Thanks and kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 02:50 +, Peter Cli

Re: gEDA-user: Heavy Symbols and such

2007-12-12 Thread Bert Timmerman
t;2-in" concept with swapable pins ? All gschem and pcb have in common is the refdes, pin info and connectivity. 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: Heavy Symbols and such

2007-12-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
abase concept which could be expanded on (the bookmarked link I have does not seem to work anymore). In this way we could have both: generic "light" symbols and single purpose "heavy" symbols. See also: http://www.seul.org/pipermail/geda-dev/2007-September/003665.html Kind reg

Re: gEDA-user: Gerbv with OpenGL

2007-12-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
atched combinations. > > Can you import VRML into mechanical CAD? > Some mechanical CAD applications can, some not. I think in the OS *nix universe the choice is very limited, in the windoze galaxy (light years away) you can buy almost anything. I think I have to look into Bl

Re: gEDA-user: Gerbv with OpenGL

2007-12-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
eck of a dependency for the average user. 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] terminology update

2007-12-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
prepare those first time users for a harsh life than to feel sorry for the poor sods (it's a cruel world after all). The Ultimate Goal is to make excellent boards with pcb, or will it become "geda-pcb" for I didn't understand the kicad thread the other day. Kind regards, Bert

Re: gEDA-user: Missing the printable docs for gschem

2007-11-28 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Ben, Have a look at: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1800913&group_id=161080&atid=818428 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 13:49 -0800, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 06:46:02AM +0900, John Doty wrote: > &g

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] terminology

2007-11-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi DJ, Better not get the communication with new users wrong ;-) Better leave out anything not (yet) implemented in pcb. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 20:00 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > One question we can ask ourselves is: "on which layers do we want > >

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] terminology

2007-11-25 Thread Bert Timmerman
ted, so would it hurt to apply them to a footprint ? It's just that almost none of the footprints I have seen so far, contain a "courtyard". It could be worth a DRC ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 11:33 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Add "keepout&quo

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] terminology

2007-11-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, Add "keepout" and "courtyard", although not yet implemented. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 01:53 -0500, Darryl Gibson wrote: > DJ Delorie wrote: > > I worked on the terminology section of the getting started doc. If > > some of

Re: gEDA-user: pcb docs

2007-11-24 Thread Bert Timmerman
e the doxyments of my web-pages (YMMV). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 23:47 -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote: > > DJ Delorie wrote: > > > > > >> 2) developer's reference > > > > Why? I see two parts to this: HOWTOs for common types of c

Re: gEDA-user: Enlarged footprints for hand soldering -- name conventions

2007-11-21 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, I have the notion that according to the IPC the abbreviation (or general suffix) _HS should stand for Heat Sink requiring additional holes or pads. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 16:18 -0500, Steven Michalske wrote: > When i have made hand soldering pads for

Re: gEDA-user: BGA package prototyping

2007-10-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, Was this revolutionary technology introduced on, or around, April 1st ? And some weeks later withdrawn ?? That doesn't sound odd to me ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sat, 2007-10-20 at 06:40 -0400, Bob Paddock wrote: > On Thursday 18 October 2007 08:39:00 pm Steve Mei

Re: gEDA-user: collaboration opportunity

2007-10-18 Thread Bert Timmerman
fy popular demand regarding scaling of symbols and the updating of modified embedded symbols. - all nets. - all other/graphical=1 stuff. That sums up my EUR 0.02 I guess. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 23:19 -0400, Ales Hvezda wrote: > > Hmm, I'd better hurry up and

Re: gEDA-user: Feature requests printout and export

2007-10-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi DJ, I understand it's supposed to be common. Notice the difference between the filenames "preference" and "settings" ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 16:04 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > With the gtk-hid-gui there is a ~/.pcb/preferences

Re: gEDA-user: Feature requests printout and export

2007-10-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi DJ, With the gtk-hid-gui there is a ~/.pcb/preferences file. Appending "Media = A4" gives no result for the ps-hid (it remains on the "Letter" format). Reading back the ~/.pcb/preferences gives that the appended ("media = A4") line is removed. Kind regards, Be

Re: gEDA-user: tab key missing in list of key bindings

2007-10-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
fault_font for reading Looking for default_font in /usr/bin/../share/pcb Found default_font in /usr/bin/../share/pcb Executing startup action DumpKeys() in the PCB Log window. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 15:25 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > The tab key is missing in

Re: gEDA-user: PCB mounting holes for metric screws

2007-10-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Michael, Have a look at: http://www.pcblibraries.com/downloads/files/Mounting%20Holes.zip I have already drawn some of them as pcb footprints (MTG300_*.fp .. MTG470_*.fp). If you want them, just say yes. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL

Re: gEDA-user: PCB paste layer, revisited.

2007-10-14 Thread Bert Timmerman
6mm x 0.8mm, 0.3mm terminal" "" "" 0 0 0 0 0 100 ""] ( Pad[-2953 984 -2953 -984 1968 1600 3168 "1" "1" "square"] ( Paste[-2953 984 -2953 -984 1768 1800 3168] ) Pad[2953 984 2953 -984 1968 1600 3168 "

Re: gEDA-user: PCB paste layer, revisited.

2007-10-13 Thread Bert Timmerman
sclaimers apply here). If I (we?) speed up development of the dxf exporter, DJ and you would probably not have to "tweak" anymore ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 21:22 -0700, Dave N6NZ wrote: > John Griessen wrote: > > Dave N6NZ wrote: > >>

Re: gEDA-user: first impressions on gaf v1.2.0

2007-10-08 Thread Bert Timmerman
ot;standard"). And I think that the representation of, for instance, a resistor should be based on some sort of a "locale" scheme (resistor-1.sym versus resistor-2.sym, same goes for fuse, capacitor, npn and so on). This has to do with user and local preferences. This is similar to t

Re: gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

2007-10-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
find this cumbersome). Imagine you would have to reload a (word) document every time you want to underline a phrase, or apply a different font. Just my EUR 0.02 ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 23:24 +0200, Duncan Drennan wrote: > > AFAICT, it's a bit more

Re: gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

2007-10-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Duncan, AFAICT, it's a bit more complicated, the .sch is the result of the writing of gschem objects/structures to a file (in a defined syntax). Have a look at: http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/gEDA_Structures_20050108.pdf Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-10-03 at 22:12

Re: gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

2007-10-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
ymbol file './resistor.sym' cp: cannot stat `./resistor.sym': No such file or directory Please set the following attributes: symbol = resistor.sym ID = 2 footprint = 1206.fp value = 10R description = 10 Ohm resistor documentation = http://www.google.com pinmap = Kind rega

Re: gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

2007-10-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
onfig file: ./dbsymrc: No such file or directory Unknown MySQL server host 'chacha' (1) Error connecting to database server Would it be possible to include the test database into your repository as it is probably not that large yet. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2007-10-01 at

Re: gEDA-user: database driven component chooser - part II

2007-10-01 Thread Bert Timmerman
ntainted and checked and double checked). FWIW, we could always fall back to "light" symbols and manually add all the necessary attributes and ... err ;-) Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. P.S.: the "80-20" rule could be applied here as: "80% of the user b

Re: gEDA-user: geda project manager

2007-09-17 Thread Bert Timmerman
on xgsch2pcb ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 14:53 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-17 at 09:10 -0400, Dennis Veatch wrote: > > Ok, at the risk of sounding like a moron. Where would be the download link > > for > > the project manager, ver

Re: gEDA-user: wrong pinout lm7912 symbol

2007-09-10 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, I think Gene is right. In the git.gpleda repo "lm7912-1.sym" gives: Pin #1 -> IN Pin #2 -> GND Pin #3 -> OUT Which is just like any TO220 LM78xx would be :-( Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. --8<-- v 20031231 1 T 900 100 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 7912 B 300 300 1000 600 3

Re: gEDA-user: A4 Printing

2007-09-07 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, Normally I use an A1 sheet for schematics which I print on A3 format paper, or for schematics with a few really small components: I use an A3 sheet and print on A4 paper. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

Re: gEDA-user: Professional PCB help using geda?

2007-09-06 Thread Bert Timmerman
o get up and go to work. What a nightmare I had last night. Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. BTW: where would the gEDA suite be in say 3 years from now ? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cg

gEDA-user: PCB displaying netnames and/or pin numbers (Was: Last code sprint's IRC log and pictures)

2007-08-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, As one can see in the picture (made by Christoph Lechner), there are also netnames and pin numbers shown. This could be a handy feature for pcb when doing manual routing without a netlist (no rat lines). Just my EUR 0.02 ;-) Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. -Oorspronkelijk bericht

gEDA-user: pcb: visual indication for locked elements

2007-07-20 Thread Bert Timmerman
of lines added to draw.c in DrawEMark (). Just append at the end of the function. Patch attached (created with git). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. >From 3e04a1d6ea9a1d36b8d60ed747d2e2552b5cd9aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bert Timmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2

Re: gEDA-user: liquid tin

2007-07-04 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi DJ, Looks good. I can imagine the tin needs some time to cure before it gets mechanically stable. Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:00 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > Got some from Ales, played with it today, promised I'd do a writeup > for him :-

Re: gEDA-user: wishful thinking from a user point of view (4)

2007-07-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Peter and all, We could use green or yellow for the dot (connected) or red for the square (not connected). Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. BTW: We can't help the color blind in any other way than making the difference clear by using different shapes. On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 19:32 +0100,

Re: gEDA-user: wishful thinking from a user point of view (2)

2007-07-02 Thread Bert Timmerman
y EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 18:58 +0100, Peter TB Brett wrote: > On Monday 02 July 2007 18:21:01 John Doty wrote: > > > > > > > A footprint preview would be nice for symbols already in the schematic > > > too. Maybe a co

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