Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-06 Thread Robert Fitzsimons
I presume you have looked at the interactive footprint scripts by DJ at gedasymbols.org for twopads and dils. I know I should have looked harder for an existing script. But I'm hoping my program can be used to generate (or at least help generate) some complex footprints, for example S.O.

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-06 Thread Robert Fitzsimons
The program requires a minimum of Java version 6, for some just clicking on the first link [1] will work, but if that doesn't work try downloading the second jar file [2] and run it using 'java -jar footprintbuilder.jar'. For those of you that don't have java, here is a screenshot [1] showing

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 the components I'm

gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-05 Thread Robert Fitzsimons
I've been working on a design for a software define radio and some of the components I'm planning on using don't have existing footprints. So while thinking about the steps needed to create the slightly different footprints I needed, I decided to try knocking up a interactive program which could

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-05 Thread Larry Doolittle
Robert - On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:24:48PM +, Robert Fitzsimons wrote: I decided to try knocking up a interactive program which could be used to create the footprints. Welcome to the club. I've to take a bit of a break until the weekend to work on another project, but I would

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-05 Thread Dave N6NZ
Robert Fitzsimons wrote: I've been working on a design for a software define radio and some of the components I'm planning on using don't have existing footprints. So while thinking about the steps needed to create the slightly different footprints I needed, I decided to try knocking up a

Re: gEDA-user: RFC: Footprint Builder

2008-03-05 Thread Bert Timmerman
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 the components I'm planning on using don't have existing footprints. So while thinking about the steps needed to create the slightly different footprints I needed,