Re: gEDA-user: Interest in PCB footprint generation scripts?

2005-05-12 Thread Darrell Harmon
Darrell Harmon wrote: I am currently writing a set of python scripts to generate PCB footprints. The idea behind what I am doing is to make it easy to create footprints for a project from the components datasheets quickly. I have it working for BGA parts so far, and will be adding QFP, SO, SO

Re: gEDA-user: pcb question : same structure several times on board

2005-05-12 Thread harry eaton
Conceptually pads are traces (with angle restriction), and pins are vias. Arcs and polygons aren't supported within an element, but they should probably be in the future. That said, element files are allowed to hold arcs, polygons vias etc. They paste in one click and can be selected directly in t

Re: gEDA-user: pcb question : same structure several times on board

2005-05-12 Thread Stephen Meier
I have placed components, added traces and polygons and copied them as a block into a buffer where they can be replicated on the board several times. I also turn off the requirement for unique reference designators and then renumber the components manually. Steve Meier Dan McMahill wrote: On Mo

gEDA-user: How to add grid in gwave?

2005-05-12 Thread BingYU
Hi list http://www.geda.seul.org/docs/current/switcap/node26.html the demo of gwave has grid but I can't find the way to add grid in the gwave view window, Neither there is grid in the out PS file Can anyone tell me how to add grid ? Thank you all -- Don't kiss an elephant on the lips today

gEDA-user: how I can check whether a directory exists with scheme

2005-05-12 Thread Karsten Einwich
Hallo, I want to parse a root directory for other subdirectories. Therefore I use the code like this (do ( (entry (readdir dir) (readdir dir))) ( (eof-object? entry) ) (let ((sub_dir (opendir (string-append root_path "/" entry (if (sub_dir) ...

Re: gEDA-user: Interest in PCB footprint generation scripts?

2005-05-12 Thread John Luciani
I have found it easier to generate these footprints in groups. I assign key-value pairs to all symbols in the group using the KEY=VALUE syntax that you use. I then create records with symbol specifix parameters using a vertical-bar separated list. I get the parameters for the individual symbols by

Re: gEDA-user: Editing attributes in gschem

2005-05-12 Thread Christian Treldal
ons, 11 05 2005 kl. 22:51 -0400, skrev Ales Hvezda: > You should just be able to click on the refdes, and if the symbol > selects, then click again and the symbol will deselect and the refdes will > then select. Yes Ales. That is how it works. And I am sorry to say that I had an old version