Re: [Kicad-developers] Announcement - Decision needed

2014-09-22 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 02:39:50PM +0200, Kerusey Karyu wrote: By the way. My friend ask me: Why don't you use a Compiled HTML Help (CHM) system? I saw a Linux client for that... CHM has to die :D I'd keep the HTML files -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl

[Kicad-developers] Build failed in Jenkins: kicad-qa #347

2014-09-22 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo
See http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-qa/347/changes Changes: [jean-pierre charras] Minor fixes: specctra export: skip malformed circles (having a radius = 0) in board outline creation, which can crash 3d-viewer or vrml export. dialog_fp_lib_table: remember during a session the last open

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Kicad-lib-committers] Fwd: question about SMD_Packages

2014-09-22 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 11:58:48AM -0400, Carl Poirier wrote: Hi folks, We have some great contributions here prepared by Michal Stec. He's generating SMD packages appropriate for the convention, however we were unsure how to make the silkscreen for QFN packages. If it's done the same as

Re: [Kicad-developers] Blind/buried via creation in PS router [PATCH]

2014-09-22 Thread Tomasz Wlostowski
On 22.09.2014 02:16, Andrew Zonenberg wrote: Looks like the issue I mentioned previously is indeed a bug. The attached patch fixes it and provides full support for blind/buried/microvias in GAL. Hi Andrew, Thanks for the patch, We'll merge it with my changes improving layer switching and

[Kicad-developers] Jenkins build is back to normal : kicad-qa #348

2014-09-22 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo
See http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-qa/348/changes ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help :

Re: [Kicad-developers] Announcement - Decision needed

2014-09-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/20/2014 7:36 PM, Marco Ciampa wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 02:39:50PM +0200, Kerusey Karyu wrote: All the Polish help docs has been ported/converted to HTML format and committed. Now you have to decide to keep, archive or remove their PDF editions and ODF sources. Please, don't for

[Kicad-developers] Stackups and via design rules

2014-09-22 Thread Andrew Zonenberg
After a discussion with Nick Oestergard on IRC, I've come to the conclusion that we really need to sit back and think about how design rules for vias and stackups are handled. As of right now, we have three kinds of vias: 1) Through-board via. These penetrate the entire board and can connect any

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Jean-Paul Louis
Carl, I agree 100% with you. The 3D model of the package should be tied to the shape library. The only concern is the size of the 3D model file, and the fact that some users will never use the 3D capability. I have no idea on what mechanism will allow to include the 3D shape unless the format

[Kicad-developers] bug 1371656: zero diameter circles

2014-09-22 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
In the bug report 1371656 there are several problems shown. One problem which affects pcbnew, 3Dviewer, Specctra export, VRML export, and IDF export (maybe others which I haven't checked) is zero diameter circles. Apparently they can be created but naturally we cannot delete them because we can't

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
From: Carl Poirier carl.poirie...@gmail.com To: KiCad Developers kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:03 AM Subject: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories? Hi folks, Is there any reason to have the 3d

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Carl Poirier
3D models could be retrieved only as needed, like footprints. I don't see how this would be more polluting than in kicad-library which is installed locally. I know the github plugin serves only footprints. That's why I wonder how hard it would be to adapt it. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:49 PM,

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
From: Carl Poirier carl.poirie...@gmail.com To: Cirilo Bernardo cirilo_berna...@yahoo.com Cc: KiCad Developers kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 9/22/2014 5:37 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: From: Carl Poirier carl.poirie...@gmail.com To: Cirilo Bernardo cirilo_berna...@yahoo.com Cc: KiCad Developers kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 7:23 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories?

2014-09-22 Thread Cirilo Bernardo
- Original Message - From: Wayne Stambaugh stambau...@verizon.net To: kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d models in .pretty repositories? On 9/22/2014 5:37 PM, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: