Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread DJ Delorie
> A question: what does pcb use to fill in the "Author:" line on the fab > drawing? I tried various combinations but so far no luck. By default it uses whatever's in /etc/passwd but if you set Settings.FabAuthor (--fab-author, pcb.fab-author, etc) to a non-empty string it uses that instead. __

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi all, I was busy coding a dxf HID when something else came up :( I left the very buggy version 0.0.1 over here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-dxf-hid.html I made some changes after this release, so I will put equally buggy version 0.0.2 here soon. Patches are always welcome :) Kind reg

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Stuart Brorson
> A question: what does pcb use to fill in the "Author:" line on the fab > drawing? I tried various combinations but so far no luck. I think it gets the $USER environment variable. Right, Dan? Stuart ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.o

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread John Luciani
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:51 PM, Stuart Brorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have done the same thing with Visio, too. You could use any drawing > package which imports .png or .pdf. > > PCB doesn't do nice looking fab drawings right now. I was thinking of La/TeX. Create your boiler plate a

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Stuart Brorson
An addendum... > In the past, I have exported .png or .pdf files from PCB, and then > embedded the fab drawing as an object into a SolidWorks drawing. Then > I have added all the other shrubbery required for a professional fab > drawing. FWIW, in my former day job, we did the same thing with the

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Ken Lauffenburger
Thanks for the suggestions. A question: what does pcb use to fill in the "Author:" line on the fab drawing? I tried various combinations but so far no luck. --ken On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 13:51 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: > Hi -- > > > I have just completed design and layout of my first full-s

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Stuart Brorson
Hi -- > I have just completed design and layout of my first full-scale board and > I am about ready for the fabrication step. My experience with the gEDA > tools and PCB has been relatively painless so far, and the resulting > schematic and gerbers look impressive and very professional. Glad to

Re: gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread DJ Delorie
PCB does not currently have any way of adding to the fab or assembly drawings. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: fabrication drawing -- how to modify, or create an alternate fab drawing

2008-04-16 Thread Ken Lauffenburger
gEDA/PCB team: I have just completed design and layout of my first full-scale board and I am about ready for the fabrication step. My experience with the gEDA tools and PCB has been relatively painless so far, and the resulting schematic and gerbers look impressive and very professional. However