Re: gEDA-user: drill files from gerber output in HID version

2006-06-05 Thread James Cotton
Awesome, # emerge pcb-cvs I'll let you know if they complain again :). I can't say how awesome the whole gschem suite is, and I much prefer PCB now it's gone GTK. I used to use Protel but I hated booting into VMWare. Thanks, James p.s. I attached the cvs gentoo ebuild I've been using, if anyo

Re: gEDA-user: drill files from gerber output in HID version

2006-06-05 Thread DJ Delorie
> I am using GTK-HID, I generated the gerber files with the export > option. I tried sending the .fab.gbr and they said not in Excellon > format. So then I sent the .cnc file and they said "your NC drill > file use tools which are not defined". Any hints? Rounding bug. I'm checking this patch

Re: gEDA-user: Status of bus support

2006-06-05 Thread Ales Hvezda
>I couldn't find much documentation about using bus components. What I >did find implied that it wasn't very well supported. Is this still true? Yes. > >How does it work? If I have four pins on component A which should >connect to four pins on component B, how exactly is the bus us

Re: gEDA-user: Implicit or Explicit Power Pins

2006-06-05 Thread John Doty
On Jun 5, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Stuart Brorson wrote: Here are possible things you can do: * Redraw the symbol. Yes, it's a PITA, but part of doing designs is drawing symbols. * If the symbol has implied power pins (net= attribute), then just stick your decoupling cap on the same schematic she

Re: gEDA-user: drill files from gerber output in HID version

2006-06-05 Thread DJ Delorie
> I am using GTK-HID, I generated the gerber files with the export > option. I tried sending the .fab.gbr and they said not in Excellon > format. Right, the fab drawing is a drawing - outlines, drill maps, notes, etc. > So then I sent the .cnc file and they said "your NC drill > file use tools

gEDA-user: drill files from gerber output in HID version

2006-06-05 Thread James Cotton
I am using GTK-HID, I generated the gerber files with the export option. I tried sending the .fab.gbr and they said not in Excellon format. So then I sent the .cnc file and they said "your NC drill file use tools which are not defined". Any hints? Thanks James

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread Mike Jarabek
Hi, http://www.instructables.com/ex/i/0E9564B43CE71029AC23001143E7E506/?ALLSTEPS Perhaps this is what you are looking for? George M. Gallant, Jr. wrote: Thanks again. I was looking at the wrong place.  Now that the board has passed the DRC checks I printed a top image and

RE: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread Adrian Nania
If you wish to build this board by yourself with limited resources, I think you have two options. One is when you have access to the pins, using a solder iron with a very fine tip. It you have a small BGA sort of chip with no access underneath, you can use solder paste and activate the compo

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread George M. Gallant, Jr.
Thanks again. I was looking at the wrong place.  Now that the board has passed the DRC checks I printed a top image and placed the components. Anyone have any idea how to solder the 20 mil leadless chips George On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 12:38 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > DJ, When I do that

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread DJ Delorie
> DJ, When I do that it measures 10 mils. Both by the Ctrl-M and > setting the grid to 1 mil and counting. Does your board look like this? http://www.delorie.com/tmp/ggallant.gif I count 8 mils between the light blue and the green.

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread George M. Gallant, Jr.
On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 11:41 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > Thanks. Got past that problem and on to a new one. I have 10 mil > traces with 10 mil spacing between lines. The DRC fails unless I > have the minimum spacing set at 8.0 mils. Attached is a snippet of > the board showing the area in ques

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread DJ Delorie
> Thanks. Got past that problem and on to a new one. I have 10 mil > traces with 10 mil spacing between lines. The DRC fails unless I > have the minimum spacing set at 8.0 mils. Attached is a snippet of > the board showing the area in question. I manually measured the distance between those two

Re: gEDA-user: Connecting a pin to a polygon

2006-06-05 Thread George M. Gallant, Jr.
On Sun, 2006-06-04 at 22:22 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > When I did that it just created a clearance around the line in the > poly. Undo that, deselect the "new lines, arcs clear polygons" setting. Or use the 'j' key to change the Join of those new lines. Thanks. Got past that problem and

Re: gEDA-user: Implicit or Explicit Power Pins

2006-06-05 Thread Stuart Brorson
> > Hi, > > I just started using gEDA and need some guidance. > > The Gschem FAQ says to always make power pins explicit: > > http://www.geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:faq-gschem > > The geda net= mini-HOWTO says that implicit power pins are recommended: > > http://geda.seul.org/wik

gEDA-user: Status of bus support

2006-06-05 Thread Dan Sandberg
I couldn't find much documentation about using bus components. What I did find implied that it wasn't very well supported. Is this still true? How does it work? If I have four pins on component A which should connect to four pins on component B, how exactly is the bus used to specify which

gEDA-user: Implicit or Explicit Power Pins

2006-06-05 Thread Dan Sandberg
Hi, I just started using gEDA and need some guidance. The Gschem FAQ says to always make power pins explicit: http://www.geda.seul.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=geda:faq-gschem The geda net= mini-HOWTO says that implicit power pins are recommended: http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:na_howto I'm ma