Re: [Kicad-developers] Layer for reference and value text

2014-09-14 Thread Brian Sidebotham
On 14 September 2014 06:17, Lorenzo Marcantonio l.marcanto...@logossrl.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:39:33AM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote: Is there any way to have it not on silkscreen, besides editing the .kicad_mod file by hand? Committed yesterday; now the text module dialog contains

Re: [Kicad-developers] Layer for reference and value text

2014-09-14 Thread Carl Poirier
So it now makes sense to add to the library convention that value and reference must be on silk? On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 4:55 AM, Brian Sidebotham brian.sidebot...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 September 2014 06:17, Lorenzo Marcantonio l.marcanto...@logossrl.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at

Re: [Kicad-developers] Layer for reference and value text

2014-09-14 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 09:52:53AM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote: So it now makes sense to add to the library convention that value and reference must be on silk? It make sense because it's the default; I personally I'd have greater use for reference on fabrication (since the refdes on silk it's

Re: [Kicad-developers] Layer for reference and value text

2014-09-14 Thread Carl Poirier
Thanks for the explanation, I see now how it can be useful to change it. I will specify the default in the convention. Regards, Carl On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio l.marcanto...@logossrl.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 09:52:53AM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote: So it

Re: [Kicad-developers] PATCH: Footprint wizard helpers

2014-09-14 Thread jp charras
Le 11/09/2014 22:32, John Beard a écrit : Hi, I have a patch (fpw-overhaul.diff) for the Python footprint wizard helpers. This adds a few more drawing functions, such as for circles, and also uses a matrix-based transform stack with greatly simplifies constructing footprints consisting of

Re: [Kicad-developers] Project proposal

2014-09-14 Thread Nick Østergaard
2014-08-30 20:47 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh stambau...@verizon.net: Since Javier sort of let the cat out of the bag, I thought now would be a good time as my first official announcement as project leader to talk about creating a stable release of KiCad. As you may have read in Javier's post

Re: [Kicad-developers] Project proposal

2014-09-14 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
- Original Message - From: Marco Ciampa ciam...@libero.it To: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 4:05 AM Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Project proposal On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 02:47:02PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: Since Javier sort of

[Kicad-developers] vanishing technical layers

2014-09-14 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
I noticed that F/B Courtyards and Fab layers disappear from the layer list after making changes in DesignRules-LayersSetup. I have to touch the dialog boxes and other code to add the Underlay1/2 layers for reconstructing PCB layouts from images, so I can work on this and even submit a patch

Re: [Kicad-developers] New icons for KiCAD

2014-09-14 Thread Fabrizio Tappero
Dear Konstantin, thank you for your e-mail. A appreciate greatly all the improvements you have made. I just would like to know if you have started your modifications from the current icon set that KiCad is distributed with. I am asking because I see from your screenshots that some icons seem to

Re: [Kicad-developers] vanishing technical layers

2014-09-14 Thread Nick Østergaard
Because they are a layerr, I would at least expect that I can toggle the visibility of the layers, and I guess it is best for the user if it can also be set in the layers setup dialog. So what I think is best is tha the visibility controls that apply to those layers is the same as for the current