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

2010-09-12 Thread Neil Hendin
Hi all, We use Cadence Allegro at work, and how they implement keepouts may be interesting. There are several non-copper layers that are used to control the keep outs and keep-in. In this tool the keep in / keep out is related to how courtyards are defined. Each library symbol (called a

Re: gEDA-user: Eliminate separate Vcc planes?

2009-10-19 Thread Neil Hendin
to your design or not, obviously there are trade-offs, I am just trying to illustrate the logic behind the recommendation so you can find what works best for you. Regards, --Neil Hendin. Sr. RF Design Engineer. Palm Inc. Sunnyvale, CA - Original Message From: geda-user-requ

Re: gEDA-user: Vendor Resource File format documentation?

2009-09-28 Thread Neil Hendin
Thanks all. I was looking in the section under File Formats, which might also be a good place for such a link as well. Getting my first gEDA designed (and very trivial) board back from a fab shop tomorrow. I'm excited. I'll need the vendor drill mapping feature for the next one I am

gEDA-user: Vendor Resource File format documentation?

2009-09-25 Thread Neil Hendin
Hi all, I am just working on my 3rd board (the first of any real complexity) with gEDA and am for the most part having no problems at all, thanks to all of you for that!This board will be sent to a board shop called APCircuits (http://www.apcircuits.com) in Canada. (the first board was

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Neil Hendin
Hi all, I've been reading this thread with great interest, as I have been bit by this problem before. One thing I have seen done in the past in other pcb layout software is to define the antenna component footprint as just 2 pins (one signal, one ground) of the smallest size possible on the

gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

2009-07-27 Thread Neil Hendin
(thats 2008-02-02). Thanks. --Neil Hendin. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user