Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread jbump
I second Advanced Assembly if you're located in the US. Provisos: if you're supplying parts you need to have *all* the parts, in the correct footprints, and it helps if you label the parts. They'll load from bags (individually) or from reels and are quite flexible: they'd be glad to supply all

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread jbump
resend because my mailer suddenly decided to send my half-written email: sorry. Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)? I second Advanced Assembly if you're located in the US. Provisos: if you're supplying parts you need to have *all* the parts, in the

gEDA-user: zero-clearance pads for milled/high-power boards

2011-07-29 Thread jbump
People reading this list already know this, so this is mostly a post for people who are searching the web trying to figure out how to make milled or very high power/heatsinking boards in which having thermal clearance around pads into copper pours is unwanted, and drawing multiple overlapping

gEDA-user: auto-uref increments by twos

2011-01-22 Thread jbump
As Mithat Konar posted on Sept 6, 2010, I too am now having auto-uref number my components starting with 2 and incrementing by 2. I've just upgraded to 1.6.1.20100214 and it works beautifully (I had been using a significantly older version) but the component numbering issue has me a little

Re: gEDA-user: comments on pcb's g-code exporter

2010-11-12 Thread jbump
On page 1 of the LPKF brochure (http://www.lpkfusa.com/datasheets/ prototyping/rp_brochure.pdf ), it shows a screenshot of their pcb artwork software. The thick grey traces are used to route the border of the part. I noticed the breaks in the trace in order to create attachment tabs, which you can

Re: gEDA-user: Comments on pcb's g-code

2010-11-12 Thread jbump
Sorry that LPKF stuff is off-topic but I just figured out a way to make tabs on boards that might help someone. There is a button in circuit cam to calculate and draw breakout-tab cutting outlines but it flat-out doesn't work for me so I'm going to talk about the harder way. Draw your

gEDA-user: PCB layers questions

2010-10-04 Thread jbump
I'm having trouble with layers in pcb and can't find any relevant info either on the web or in reading back through several hundred archived messages, so I figured I'd just ask. I'm using version 20080202 (because that's what's in the repo I use.) When I try to add a new layer, it refuses

Re: gEDA-user: new user, new parts

2010-05-21 Thread jbump
I've been making parts for projects. I have a handful of symbols here: http://sites.google.com/site/johnbump/Home/geda/geda-parts I'd be glad to put them on gedasymbols if anyone thinks they'd be useful. I'll also be generating footprints for the weird ones (we design a lot of parts with

gEDA-user: new user, new parts

2010-05-19 Thread jbump
I've recently started using gEDA after years of work with altium, cadence, pads, et alia: they're what I'm paid to do at work, but I'm enjoying working with gEDA. So, howdy. I've been making parts for projects. I have a handful of symbols here: