Re: gEDA-user: Units used by software

2007-09-02 Thread andrewm
>> andrewm wrote: >> >> If it's not been done by anyone already I am going >> to just write some kind of parser that does it for >> me external. > DJ Delorie wrote: > Sounds like a useful tool. Teach it to allow > overrides on a per-value basis (like my 2pad script > does). I.e.: > >

Re: gEDA-user: Units used by software. interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread al davis
On Saturday 01 September 2007, DJ Delorie wrote: > Hmm^2... teach pcb's parser to support a unit suffix on each > value! We only need mil and mm, but the mechanism should > allow for more as needed. I have code to do that in gnucap. It's C++, but it is just one function, and trivial to convert t

Re: gEDA-user: Units used by software. interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread DJ Delorie
> So is there really a need to change the units used in the software > then ? I recently switched to gEDA from autotrax because I could > not line up a 0.45mm DFN package I am now using a lot. The 1E-5" > units seem to be more than adequate for this. I don't think there's much need at the momen

gEDA-user: Units used by software. - was - Re: C++ (was Re: interesting links)

2007-09-01 Thread andrewm
>>> Someone wrote: >>> >> andrewm wrote: >> Whats the smallest thing people have had to deal >> with so far then ? > DJ Delorie wrote: > I've done 01005 caps, which are 8 mils by 16 mils. PCB had no > problem with those. I've also done 0.4mm pitch VSSOPs, which > is about an 8 mil wide