gEDA-user: PCB question

2011-03-22 Thread Rob Butts
I layed a board out and then decided to make changes. I didn't want to loose all of my work so in pcb I saved the layout as another name. I now mistakenly deleted an inductor in the layout and need to re-gsch2pcb the design. Do I just do gsch2pcb new-name to get the new-name.pcb

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2011-03-22 Thread DJ Delorie
If you used a project file with gsch2pcb, you can make a copy of the gsch2pcb project file with the new name in it. Otherwise, you'll probably need to create such a file, as the pcb and sch file names won't match any more. (note: this isn't a pcb question, it's a gsch2pcb question)

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2011-03-22 Thread Rob Butts
Yes, that's what I meant. I should have thought about it better before I asked. So if I say in the project file 'output-name new-name' It will know to check the new-name.pcb file to see what components are missing and will give me a knew file with the layout data to load into the

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2011-03-22 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Rob Butts r.but...@gmail.com writes: Yes, that's what I meant. I should have thought about it better before I asked. So if I say in the project file 'output-name new-name' It will know to check the new-name.pcb file to see what components are missing and will give me a knew file with the

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2011-03-22 Thread DJ Delorie
Yes, that's what I meant. I should have thought about it better before I asked. So if I say in the project file 'output-name new-name' It will know to check the new-name.pcb file to see what components are missing and will give me a knew file with the layout data to load into the layout

gEDA-user: .pcb question

2009-10-25 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; Does geda have a .pcb file viewer, such as is output by the ExpressPCB free software for windows? I've got a small tabletop milling machine, and have been asked to do a board that is about half the size of a postage stamp. And, if so, can it convert a .pcb into a couple of .ngc's

Re: gEDA-user: .pcb question

2009-10-25 Thread Peter Clifton
On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 07:55 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; Does geda have a .pcb file viewer, such as is output by the ExpressPCB free software for windows? I've got a small tabletop milling machine, and have been asked to do a board that is about half the size of a postage stamp.

Re: gEDA-user: .pcb question

2009-10-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 25 October 2009, Peter Clifton wrote: On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 07:55 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Greetings; Does geda have a .pcb file viewer, such as is output by the ExpressPCB free software for windows? I've got a small tabletop milling machine, and have been asked to do a board

Re: gEDA-user: .pcb question

2009-10-25 Thread John Luciani
There is a python script, from the MIT Media Lab, that converts Gerber files into a format used by a Roland milling machine. The python script is at [1]http://web.media.mit.edu/~neilg/fab/dist/cam.py I am not sure if the Roland uses NGC or some other format. The commands looked

Re: gEDA-user: .pcb question

2009-10-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 25 October 2009, John Luciani wrote: There is a python script, from the MIT Media Lab, that converts Gerber files into a format used by a Roland milling machine. The python script is at http://web.media.mit.edu/~neilg/fab/dist/cam.py And massaging that to output RS-274-D stuff might

gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

2009-07-27 Thread Neil Hendin
Hi all, I am a new user to gEDA, but have used other PCB cad tools for a long time. I've been working through the great tutorial from DJ at http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/gs/gs.html and have a question. One thing I was wondering about is that is there a command in PCB to move an item by a

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

2009-07-27 Thread DJ Delorie
One thing I was wondering about is that is there a command in PCB to move an item by a fixed amount of distance specified on the command line (an incremental move such as up by 10 mil), or place an item at a fixed x,y location on the board (place this component at 100mil, 100 mil (100 mil in

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

2009-07-27 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 10:14 -0700, Neil Hendin wrote: [...] One thing I was wondering about is that is there a command in PCB to move an item by a fixed amount of distance specified on the command line There was a similar question some days ago, maybe see list archive for details. On Tue,

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

2009-07-27 Thread DJ Delorie
http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:pcb_tips#how_do_i_move_objects_by_an_arbitrary_distance One of these days, I'm going to remember that :-P ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: pcb, question to crosshair to grid snapping

2008-10-21 Thread Stefan Salewski
Sometimes the crosshair snaps to center of grid, overlapping grid points, which are in inverse video in this case. But sometimes crosshair snaps to a position close to grid points, but not overlapping. Seems to be not related to mm grid only, similar behavior with mil. For me this is irritating

Re: gEDA-user: pcb, question to crosshair to grid snapping

2008-10-21 Thread joe tarantino
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Stefan Salewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sometimes the crosshair snaps to center of grid, overlapping grid points, which are in inverse video in this case. But sometimes crosshair snaps to a position close to grid points, but not

gEDA-user: PCB Question

2008-10-07 Thread Rob Butts
Can you select a component in pcb and highlight all components connected to it? Thanks ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB Question

2008-10-07 Thread Richard Rasker
Op maandag 06-10-2008 om 15:52 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Rob Butts: Can you select a component in pcb and highlight all components connected to it? Hold the mouse pointer over a component and press the F (Find) key. Press Shift+F to undo the highlight. Best regards, Richard Rasker

Re: gEDA-user: PCB Question

2008-10-07 Thread DJ Delorie
Hold the mouse pointer over a component and press the F (Find) key. I just tried that, and it doesn't work for me. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB Question

2008-10-07 Thread Richard Rasker
Op dinsdag 07-10-2008 om 13:22 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef DJ Delorie: Hold the mouse pointer over a component and press the F (Find) key. I just tried that, and it doesn't work for me. Indeed, you're right -- this only works with nets (traces), no with components. My apologies. Richard

gEDA-user: pcb question: matching differential lines

2008-09-06 Thread jean,,,
Greetings to everyone here. I'm working on a new board and I have a couple differential lines in my design. Is there anyway in pcb to measure the length of the traces and see how different they are? I'd like to have them match up as close as possible instead of just eyeballing it. -- Jean

Re: gEDA-user: pcb question: matching differential lines

2008-09-06 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Saturday 06 September 2008 18:17:14 jean,,, wrote: Greetings to everyone here. I'm working on a new board and I have a couple differential lines in my design. Is there anyway in pcb to measure the length of the traces and see how different they are? I'd like to have them match up as

gEDA-user: PCB question: Copy to buffer and put on other side of board

2007-11-10 Thread Transistor Toaster
Hello, I have PCB 20060822 and I like to ask a question on the easiest way to select a group of elements and to place it on the other side. I know that a part can be placed from one side to another by selecting in and pressing B, just this is difficult and requires all the elements to be moved..

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question: Copy to buffer and put on other side of board

2007-11-10 Thread DJ Delorie
Shift-B does move selected elements to other side. There's a menu entry under Select for it too. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: PCB question

2007-02-26 Thread Stephen Williams
OK, I'm an idiot. How do I create a local (as in local to my design directory) library of PCB footprints? All the documentation I see suggests that it will automatically search in the packages directory in the current workig directory. No?! -- Steve WilliamsThe woods are lovely,

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2007-02-26 Thread DJ Delorie
OK, I'm an idiot. How do I create a local (as in local to my design directory) library of PCB footprints? All the documentation I see suggests that it will automatically search in the packages directory in the current workig directory. No?! Note that a local directory *overrides* the global

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2007-02-26 Thread Ben Jackson
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 07:59:02PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: Note that a local directory *overrides* the global one, as pcb only supports one library at a time (er, one each of m4 and newlib). Agh can I add that as a wart? I don't remember this happening to me, but it might explain why

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2007-02-26 Thread DJ Delorie
Agh can I add that as a wart? Yup :-) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PCB question

2007-02-26 Thread Dan McMahill
DJ Delorie wrote: OK, I'm an idiot. How do I create a local (as in local to my design directory) library of PCB footprints? All the documentation I see suggests that it will automatically search in the packages directory in the current workig directory. No?! When you say it will automatically