Re: [Kicad-developers] Build flags/options for the nightly builds.

> On Mar 16, 2022, at 6:34 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Sorry, I haven't been following the news about this. Are there any docs or > instructions for the integration, at least how it's supposed to work? > > I can help your engineers with setting up a Mac dev environment, if that's > helpful. >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can't show 3D models (was: build failure)

> On Mar 6, 2021, at 3:30 PM, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote: > > Hi, > > I tried the nightly 20210306, and actually no, it shows no models > either! See attached screenshots. > As you see, I have KICAD6_3DMODEL_DIR = > /Users/lijon/Coding/kicad-packages3D, which is where I've cloned the >

[Kicad-developers] 5.99 footprint editor: weird status thing in Pad Properties

I’m using 5.99 and making a footprint for a connector. In the pad properties I see this weird status line thing in the lower left: “Footprint R1 (300K), back side (mirrored), rotated 180º” See screenshot, look for red oval. What the heck? Application: KiCad Footprint Editor Version:

[Kicad-developers] 5.99 Footprint Editor: Can't change text item layer

I’m not sure if this was reported yet but with 5.99 on macOS Big Sur from yesterday the footprint editor won’t let me change the layer of a text item. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a newly-created footprint or an existing footprint. Just open the footprint, open the properties -> General,

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3d-viewer: via diameter calculation off?

> On Jul 8, 2020, at 2:47 PM, Joshua Redstone wrote: > > Hi, > I'm a bit new to pcbs and Kicad, but I thought that the effective diameter of > a through-hole is the drill diameter minus copper plating thickness (since > plating is done after drilling). > In the 3d-viewer code, it looks like

[Kicad-developers] "Footprint Mode" in pcbnew

Hola, On macOS Catalina, and Kicad 5.1.6. The pcbnew documentation (section 3.14) refers to something called “footprint mode” which allows, among other things, a sort of auto-place feature. Its icon is a six-pin DIP IC. with the direction/movement cross on it. It is supposed to be on the top

Re: [Kicad-developers] Auto-generated backup files: are they useful?

> On Jun 29, 2020, at 12:23 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Currently, KiCad automatically creates backups of schematic and PCB > files when you save a file. > [snip] > > In other words, I don't think this feature actually gives enough value > to make it worth the clutter in the project folder

Re: [Kicad-developers] Exclude symbol from board feature

> On Jun 10, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I just pushed a new feature to exclude schematic symbols from being > pushed to the board on update into the master branch. I did a write up > about it on the user forum[1] if you are interested. HRAY! -a

Re: [Kicad-developers] No hotkey for "Set Bus Entry Shape"

hould work the same way. Place Junction also doesn’t show the junction before it’s placed, but at least you know it exists only at the mouse pointer. -a > > On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 8:05 PM Andy Peters <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > > >> On May 31, 2020, at 6:12 A

Re: [Kicad-developers] No hotkey for "Set Bus Entry Shape"

dropped. I don't see a issue report for this on GitLab so please file > an issue so it doesn't get lost in developers mailing list. It’s good to know I’m not crazy. Issue here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4588 <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/4588> > O

[Kicad-developers] No hotkey for "Set Bus Entry Shape"

In 5.1.6 schematics on macOS Catalina, which is what I’m using, and this may be older … When you choose “place wire to bus entry” (or the ‘z’ key) or “place bus to bus entry” (or ‘/‘), you don’t see the entry until you click the mouse on the schematic. And there’s no way to change the angle of

Re: [Kicad-developers] What is a global variable, and why we don't need them.

> On Apr 12, 2020, at 6:50 AM, Brian wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, what’s an example use case for multiple projects open > at once, that isn’t served by multiple instances of KiCAD? I admit I haven’t > run into many reasons to have more than one open at a time in my own usage > other

Re: [Kicad-developers] Back annotate references from PCB

es in the schematic editor for any set of parameters you like and let it change them all at the same time. But of course everyone has methods that work for them. -a > > -Jon > > On Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 14:46 Andy Peters <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Back annotate references from PCB

> On Dec 1, 2019, at 6:59 AM, Vesa Solonen wrote: > > Eeli Kaikkonen kirjoitti 1.12.2019 klo 0.08: > >> BTW, about the possibility of changing the footprint - I have always found >> being able to change footprints in pcbnew strange because then it's out of >> sync with the schematic and it

Re: [Kicad-developers] 5.1.5 release tag

> On Nov 26, 2019, at 10:43 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > On 2019-11-26 08:47, Andy Peters wrote: > >>> On Nov 25, 2019, at 7:02 PM, Adam Wolf >>> wrote: >>> Andy, thank you so much for this. I normally run through the releases but >>> I

Re: [Kicad-developers] What does "when in doubt do it opposite than certain other pcb tool" stand for?

> On Nov 26, 2019, at 10:41 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > On 2019-11-26 09:05, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote: >> On 22/11/2019 17:42, Rene Pöschl wrote: >>> I would assume this is referencing version 6 of eagle. The current >>> versions of eagle are actually something that can (in some aspects) be

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitLab migration

> On Nov 25, 2019, at 10:10 AM, jp charras wrote: > > Le 25/11/2019 à 17:53, Kevin Cozens a écrit : >> On 2019-11-25 11:03 a.m., Seth Hillbrand wrote: >>> 2FA would be using something like Google Authenticator on your phone, >>> a YubiKey or SMS message code to verify your login on a computer

Re: [Kicad-developers] Back annotate references from PCB

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 2:30 PM, Dino Ghilardi wrote: > > Just my two cents on this. > > Considering that the actual "manual work-around" to do the "back annotation" > now can be: > > -Open pcbnew and eeschema at the same time > -Select the component you want to rename on pcbnew > -the right

Re: [Kicad-developers] Back annotate references from PCB

> On Nov 22, 2019, at 12:42 PM, Brian wrote: > >>> On 22 Nov 2019, at 19:29, Brian >> > wrote: >>> >>> From the peanut gallery: >>> >>> Can someone tell me an example use-case for a single schematic symbol >>> corresponding to multiple board entities within a

Re: [Kicad-developers] 5.1.5 release tag

t >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ___ >>>>> Mailing list:

Re: [Kicad-developers] Project save as

> On Nov 11, 2019, at 1:28 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > On 2019-11-11 11:42, Jeff Young wrote: > >> A... I didn't notice that. We are indeed failing to look for the Protel >> extensions. > > Are we renaming generated files? If we stick with base project files, it's > easy to explain

Re: [Kicad-developers] GitLab migration

> On Oct 9, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > The lead development team has been discussing migrating the KiCad > project to GitLab[1]. Given the issues with Launchpad, I think this is > a good move. I presume that the developers and other interested parties will need to create

Re: [Kicad-developers] Mac folks, Catalina help?

> On Oct 7, 2019, at 12:04 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks! > > The latest version of macOS went public today, and we have an issue > where you can't make a new project on it :) > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1834717 > > I want to get a better debugging setup in Catalina so I can

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Symbols and Pin mapping in v6 - Proposal

> On Sep 16, 2019, at 6:12 AM, Clemens Koller wrote: > > Hello, Tim! > > I agree that in the near future, the demand for (I'd call it) "Table Based > Design Entry" will rise tremendously, > when we reach pincounts in the high hundreds and thousands. > > It is a lot of work to draw and

Re: [Kicad-developers] Ctrl-click to highlight in pcbnew missing?

> On Sep 10, 2019, at 11:55 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > On 10/09/2019 20:45, Andy Peters wrote: >> >> Ctrl-Click on macOS defaults to right-button click, harkening back to >> the days of the Mac’s one-button mouse (“one button oughta be enough for >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Ctrl-click to highlight in pcbnew missing?

> On Sep 10, 2019, at 11:35 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > On 10/09/2019 18:49, Seth Hillbrand wrote: >> One of our goals for v6 is to standardize the user interface to expected >> UX norms. There will be a number of large changes to accomplish this >> and it will modify some workflows.

Re: [Kicad-developers] 5.1.4 release - release announcement/blog entry?

> On Aug 13, 2019, at 10:57 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > macOS is ready! Hola — downloaded and installed it, and got the complaint about “unidentified developer.” I know how to work around that, but I thought the builds were signed so the complaint doesn’t pop up? -a

Re: [Kicad-developers] fp-info-cache question

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Jeff Young wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > No this is just a cache of footprint library properties so that we can index > and search footprints without loading them all into memory. It’s entirely > for performance. User question: Should the project-level cache file

Re: [Kicad-developers] New package for macOS 5.1.2 stable including ngspice-30 ?

> On Jul 1, 2019, at 1:38 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > Good news, it seems like we managed to make the kicad-mac-packaging > scripts happy. > > After upgrading to ngspice 30 we had to update the include path for > some unknown reason. But it seems like it should work now. The first > build

Re: [Kicad-developers] running multiple versions of KiCad on macOS

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 5:12 PM, Seppe Stas wrote: > > Andy, I don’t think Adam is talking about the library folders, those can > already be easily set using environmental arguments. Oh, apologies, I think he is referring to the stuff which lives in ~/Library/Preferences/kicad, where one finds

Re: [Kicad-developers] running multiple versions of KiCad on macOS

> On Jun 12, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Seeing Seppe's patch made me think of something I tried to do last > time, but ended up running out of time. > > What do folks think about changing the data directory for macOS to > have the major version, to make it a little easier to run

Re: [Kicad-developers] Atomic Libraries Proposal

> On May 24, 2019, at 2:54 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > > Hi, > transistor symbols (BCE, BEC, CBE, CEB, EBC, ECB) into one and allow > switching mappings during PCB design? Why is that even necessary? The footprints (TO-92, SOT-23, etc etc) all have standard pin numbers. The symbol for

Re: [Kicad-developers] eemodern branch

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Kevin Cozens wrote: > > On 2019-04-29 1:13 p.m., Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 4/29/19 12:56 PM, Andy Peters wrote: >>> >>> (And now the nattering nabobs of negativity on the EEVBlog forum will have >>> one less t

Re: [Kicad-developers] eemodern branch

> On Apr 28, 2019, at 8:22 PM, hauptmech wrote: > > On 29/04/2019 12:52 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >> 3) Cut/copy/paste is now text-based over the system clipboard. (This means >> you can also copy/paste between schematics, or even between your schematic >> and a text editor.) > > I can't tell

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] [RFC] Exporter for Mentor Hyperlynx

> On Apr 4, 2019, at 5:16 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > Hi, > > We needed to do some signal/power integrity simulations on one of our > Kicad designs and in order to do that, we needed to convert a Kicad PCB > to Hyperlynx format. Luckily, the format is simple, all text and well >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Feedback on 5.1

On Mar 12, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote: > SCHEMA > Schema: taking part of a diagram and making that into a subsheet seems to > involve setting up the new sheet, Cutting components, entering the sheet, > then pasting. Could that be one action: Make new sheet with selection? This

Re: [Kicad-developers] Version 6 development planning

> On Feb 13, 2019, at 5:06 PM, Brian Piccioni > wrote: > > Wayne > > On reflection it occurred to me that being able to vary the width of a > ratsnest by net (or perhaps netclass) may provide additional utility to being > able to vary colour by net. > > Like bolding of text, it would make

Re: [Kicad-developers] Pulling mac 5.0.2...

> On Jan 7, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks! > > Just a heads up, the macos 5.0.2 packages are gross for some reason. I am > regenerating them and we'll see what's going on. > > (I am regenerating them at 5.0.2-2) Gross in what way? I haven’t pulled down a nightly in a

Re: [Kicad-developers] Hoping to contribute but I have some questions

On Jan 4, 2019, at 10:51 AM, Brian Piccioni wrote: > > I am still keen to attempt to incorporate geographical component annotation > into KiCad. In general, it is preferable for component annotation to be done > relative to the PCB and in some logical order (left/right, top to bottom, > etc).

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad user's forum down?

> On Dec 6, 2018, at 10:15 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I can get it if I use a different browser but Chrome is still giving me > issues. Sorry about the noise. I’ve heard a bunch of my friends complaining about Chrome. I told them the program is very busy uploading the entire contents of

Re: [Kicad-developers] build broken on macOS

> On Dec 4, 2018, at 2:45 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > I think this is also fixed for me! If you guys point me to a build recipe for macOS, I will set up nightly builds on one of my Mojave machines. I used to build Kicad until Adam started posting the nightlies but if it would help to have

Re: [Kicad-developers] MacOS dependencies and minimum version

> On Nov 1, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > > My daughter just had to upgrade from 10.11 to 10.12 because something else > stopped working. So we won’t be alone. ;) > > (In any event, I encouraged her to keep more up-to-date. There’s really not > much down-side on the Mac, although

Re: [Kicad-developers] Notice: GAL branch pushed to master

> On Oct 9, 2018, at 5:59 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > On 09/10/18 14:34, Jeff Young wrote: >> One of the model-railroad forums I’m on still has a max attachment >> resolution of 640 x 480. My phone can do better than that. ;) >> > > > Look at this Jeff: >

Re: [Kicad-developers] SPICE models and library symbols

> On Aug 13, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Nhat Khai wrote: > > I may be wrong, but I feel embedded spice model with symbol library or .sch > file may be a wrong way. Instead treat spice model like footprint (using > spice syntax .cir file directly event better) to allow user directly modify >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Spice simulation on macOS

> On Aug 9, 2018, at 12:06 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote: > > Hi Andy, > > On 08/09/2018 02:12 AM, Andy Peters wrote: >> >>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Maciej Sumiński >>> wrote: >>> >>> Would someone running nightlies on macOS tes

Re: [Kicad-developers] Spice simulation on macOS

> On Mar 26, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote: > > Would someone running nightlies on macOS test the Spice simulator? In > particular, please simulate demos/simulation/sallen_key from our bundled > demos and see if you get warnings "Unknown model type spice2poly - > ignored". Testing

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Aim macOS users at kicad-mac-builder and make building on macOS seem less scary

On Jul 23, 2018, at 6:18 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks! > > Attached is a docs patch. Please let me know if it needs any tweaks > or if you have any questions. > <0001-Aim-macOS-users-at-kicad-mac-builder-and-make-buildi.patch> I will try the kicad-mac-builder tonight. -a

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad version and install location

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:22 AM, Mark Roszko wrote: > > Yeathats what I proposed too. > > Every program on Windows that needs side-by-side installs just > versions both the config and install locations. Thats it. > > EAGLE does it. > Visual Studio does. > Altium does it. > CLion does it. >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Update footprint and get some weird DRC fails

14. Juli 2018 um 18:26 Uhr schrieb Andy Peters : > > > On Jul 14, 2018, at 3:33 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > > > Hi Andy- > > > > You don't provide enough information to help you here. You'll need to show > > a larger image of your board with other layers e

Re: [Kicad-developers] Update footprint and get some weird DRC fails

> On Jul 14, 2018, at 3:33 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > Hi Andy- > > You don't provide enough information to help you here. You'll need to show a > larger image of your board with other layers enabled and, ideally set with > some transparency so that we can see what's happening. > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] "aperture" pads and custom shape primitives.

layer and place as many as needed. Perfect. > Note that there is a tutorial on the user forum > (https://forum.kicad.info/t/tutorial-how-to-make-a-footprint-from-scratch/11092/1) > that covers this. Thanks for the link — I had not seen that. > > -S > > Am Mo., 9. Juli 2018 um

Re: [Kicad-developers] macos rc3

> On Jul 6, 2018, at 6:38 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi folks! > Many people may not know but there were *extensive* changes made to > the macOS packaging since V4. After we all get some more sleep I'll > write up more on the details. :) > > The RC3 build is ready for *developer* and

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema 6.0 file format / data structure

> On Mar 29, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > As promised, attached are the schematic and symbol file library file formats. > Please note, they are preliminary and need some updates. There was a pretty > in depth discussion a while back on the mailing list

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema Subsheets

> On Mar 28, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > ​Hi All- > > I'm working on a bug in renaming sub-sheets. In testing the fix, I've run up > against a set of conflicting paradigms for how subsheets are handled. I'd > like some feedback on how we expect to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

On Mar 8, 2018, at 9:21 AM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: > > Why don't we run PCB layout on the schematic file and let it call the > netlister program every time it runs. This is a simpler process flow with > fewer cases where you make the user jump through hoops to get

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

> On Mar 7, 2018, at 9:22 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: > > > If you are doing a PCB with a FPGA on it then you really want that FPGA > designer to be using kicad to design their padring. Kicad could fill this > niche and it would make your job a lot easier. If only it

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

> On Mar 7, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Jon Evans > wrote: > Hi all, > > Since my day job involves a lot of engineering planning/timelines/etc, I've > had this

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

bsheet, on > layout I did it once, then copy pasted and manually renamed each component > based on each channel number component. > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:42 AM Andy Peters <de...@latke.net> wrote: > > > On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com>

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

; > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 8:42 AM Andy Peters <de...@latke.net > <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > > > On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com > > <mailto:j...@craftyjon.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > &

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

> On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Hi all, > > Since my day job involves a lot of engineering planning/timelines/etc, I've > had this rolling around in my head... > I started brainstorming some proposed changes to the roadmaps. > > I am using Google drive

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposed roadmap changes

> On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Hi all, > > Since my day job involves a lot of engineering planning/timelines/etc, I've > had this rolling around in my head... > I started brainstorming some proposed changes to the roadmaps. > > I am using Google

Re: [Kicad-developers] [fun feature request] Create PCB from schematic with one click :)

> On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:49 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I was thinking one level of abstraction higher where I just input my > design requirements and it spits out a schematic, full simulation to > match the design requirements, and a completed board layout. That would

Re: [Kicad-developers] MacOS Packaging Question

The macOS nightlies still use “old” libraries. By that I mean, for example, Housings_SOIC instead of Packages_SOIC and the like. -a > On Mar 3, 2018, at 7:53 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > This is the current scripts used for the current nightlies for macos >

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Rework footprint selection filtering to improve behavior

> On Mar 2, 2018, at 10:28 AM, Andrzej Wolski wrote: > > Jon, > > I probably didn't express myself clearly. What I mean is a situation when > *only* enabled layer if F.Paste and then you disable "Pads Front". Now > nothing is visible on the board, but footprints are

Re: [Kicad-developers] Mac HighDPI performance

> On Mar 1, 2018, at 8:53 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > > Andrey- > > I'm moving this to a new thread so that we don't conflate the OpenMP > discussion with this. > > Can you test running Kicad with the "Open in Low Resolution" mode enabled? > You can activate this

Re: [Kicad-developers] Alternative presentation of Symbol properties

> On Mar 1, 2018, at 5:29 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > > What do you guys think of this for displaying / editing symbol fields: > > Don’t the text items have thickness and width attributes, not just one “size?” -a ___ Mailing list:

[Kicad-developers] Oversight in pcbnew footprint properties dialog

Nowhere in the pcbnew footprint properties dialog does it say the name (and source library) of the footprint whose properties are being displayed! This is a weird oversight. This little bit of info is useful! For example, my DRC check complained about “footprint C7 has malformed courtyard.”

Re: [Kicad-developers] 3D Viewer "Render current view using Raytracing" is ludicrously slow

haven’t done a day-job board (ten layers, big BGAs and such) with Kicad. Yet. -a > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Andy Peters <de...@latke.net > <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > This is probably way low on the list of priorities … > > On a 2017 MacBook Pro

[Kicad-developers] 3D Viewer "Render current view using Raytracing" is ludicrously slow

This is probably way low on the list of priorities … On a 2017 MacBook Pro (Retina, touch bar, 16 GB RAM, with the Radeon 555 graphics), the "Render current view using Raytracing" is ludicrously slow, as in it takes about a minute to render a “simple” design (front panel thing with LEDs and

[Kicad-developers] pcbnew selection oddness

This uses last night’s nightly (macOS). I imported a DXF file into the Cmts.User layer (nothing else is on it) and I need to move it into a specific location. Since there is no “group all of this stuff into one thing” feature (which I admittedly hadn’t thought about until just now), my

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Fix Gerber job file bug and crash issue on MacOS

On Feb 26, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com> wrote: > > Re-sending these since they may have gotten lost in the other thread. > These fix some bugs Andy Peters found on GerbView MacOS. Thanks for the quick fix. I will download a nightly build to verify. (I

[Kicad-developers] gerbview on macOS path issue for job files

On macOS High Sierra, latest updates. I want to send boards out to fab and I’m checking Gerbers. When generating the files, I check the “create job file” option. I launch GerbView from the Kicad project manager. From the GerbView menu, I choose “Load Gerber Job File.” The File Open dialog box

Re: [Kicad-developers] Inc/DecAlpha code review patch

> On Feb 23, 2018, at 6:05 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > > This patch addresses code review comments to the Inc/DecAlpha bug fix. > > <0004-Address-inc-decAlpha-bug-fix-code-review-comments.patch> Completely off the topic, but when I saw the subject line, I thought, “Kicad runs on

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Rearrange Render panel of PcbNew layer widget; add spacers

re, it gets recreated from defaults when the program is run. If the user cares, it can be added to the SCC repo. -a > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 12:15 PM, Andy Peters <de...@latke.net > <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > > On Feb 22, 2018, at 7:58 AM, Jon Evans <j...@cr

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Rearrange Render panel of PcbNew layer widget; add spacers

On Feb 22, 2018, at 7:58 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Currently some of the render visibility stuff is saved in the application > preferences, and some is not saved. > I think if there are layers related to board item visibility that aren't > saved, saving them in the project

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Kicad-doc-devs] string change proposal

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 3:15 AM, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote: > > Wow, that sentence is unnecessarily long. > > By rephrasing, you can cut that text in half. Also, why is text editor and > PDF viewer in the same context? Default text editor and default PDF viewer do > not open

Re: [Kicad-developers] [Kicad-doc-devs] string change proposal

program. "These settings" redundant because you are in a settings >> editor window, duhh. >> >> How about "Set default text editor and PDF viewer programs"? >> >> If you want to be more explicit: "Set default text editor and PDF viewer >

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad back annotation tool

up or proff of >> concept. >> >> I have not yet had time to test it. >> >> 2018-01-15 18:17 GMT+01:00 Andy Peters <de...@latke.net>: >>> On Jan 15, 2018, at 12:22 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Also, it i

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad back annotation tool

> On Jan 13, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Dan Weatherill wrote: > > Dear all, > apologies first for the (unrelated to 5.0 stable) spam. > > I have been working for a while on a back-annotation tool for kicad. It is > finally in a shape where I feel it's worth letting others

Re: [Kicad-developers] Update PCB from Schematic dialog issues

> On Jan 23, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 1/23/2018 9:40 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >> Yeah, it’s just most noticeable in Read Netlist, but in fact it’s all >> radio buttons in a box sizer: > > Yuck, that's ugly! Has it always been like this? I find it

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad back annotation tool

.com>>: > On 1/14/2018 3:20 PM, Andy Peters wrote: > > > > > >> On Jan 13, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Dan Weatherill <dan.weather...@cantab.net > >> <mailto:dan.weather...@cantab.net>> wrote: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> apologies first

Re: [Kicad-developers] kicad back annotation tool

> On Jan 13, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Dan Weatherill wrote: > > Dear all, > apologies first for the (unrelated to 5.0 stable) spam. > > I have been working for a while on a back-annotation tool for kicad. It is > finally in a shape where I feel it's worth letting others

Re: [Kicad-developers] Renaming headers?

> On Jan 9, 2018, at 10:37 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > > There's a plugin for vim called CtrlP that implements fuzzy matching on > filenames too, which I use. Still, not even fuzzy matching will tell you > PCB_EDIT_FRAME is in wxPcbStruct.h. Not that I advocate for its

[Kicad-developers] Symbol library editor functionality removed

Apropos of the recent discussion about problems with the ‘/‘ character in symbol names (https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg31705.html), I went to rename three problematic symbols in my library. I’m on the 24 Dec 2017 nightly on macOS. (This is all in bug

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default Canvas for v5

> On Dec 31, 2017, at 11:06 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski > wrote: > > On 31/12/17 18:38, Nick Østergaard wrote: >> I don't think the term standard for Cairo is good. It is better to call >> it fallback or faillsafe. >> > > How about this: > > - Always start with OpenGL

Re: [Kicad-developers] Default Canvas for v5

> On Dec 31, 2017, at 6:49 AM, Simon Wells > wrote: > > What about having the default set to cairo, and when the first/once run > dialog runs it talks about openGL (this goes against you already set to GAL) > but it allows a default that even if

Re: [Kicad-developers] New symbol table: problems with '/' characters?

> > On 29 Dec 2017 10:25 AM, "Andy Peters" <de...@latke.net > <mailto:de...@latke.net>> wrote: > On Nov 18, 2017, at 6:07 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>

Re: [Kicad-developers] New symbol table: problems with '/' characters?

On Nov 18, 2017, at 6:07 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > Diego, > > Thank you for the offer but I'm already working on it. It is not as > easy to fix as it would seem. The problem is what to do when you do not > have write access to the library with the invalid

[Kicad-developers] Ratsnest local ratsnest display option wackiness

I am working in GAL mode, with yesterday’s nightly. I have reported this as bug 1740156. There are three controls for ratsnest display: left-hand-side toolbar’s (LHS) Hide/Show Board Ratsnest button, Visibility Render tab’s Ratsnest checkbox, and the right-hand-side (RHS) toolbar’s Display

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad from scratch, with web technologies. Suggestions?

> On Dec 25, 2017, at 12:03 AM, Cerem Cem ASLAN wrote: > > There are a few problems between Kicad and us (me). First, you developers are > too arrogant. And your software, Kicad, sucks in many aspects. I can build my > own EDA, better than yours, there is no need for

Re: [Kicad-developers] Modeless dialog action buttons

> On Dec 23, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Young wrote: > > Found another one: Drill Files Generation. In pcbnew, the netlist import dialog has a “cancel” button, which is useful for when you decide you don’t want to do the import, but once the import has completed, that button

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Eeschema bus upgrades and new connectivity algorithm

On Dec 19, 2017, at 1:28 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > 2) Design needs multiple copies of a similar bus with distinct net names > > Say you are designing a big data collection device. It has a large FPGA and > 8 channels of ADC. Each ADC needs its own set of signals going

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Eeschema bus upgrades and new connectivity algorithm

> On Dec 19, 2017, at 12:06 AM, Marco Ciampa wrote: > > >> If you define an alias called MEMORY, you can then define *multiple >> different* memory buses, so they have to have different prefix names. But >> you can also choose to use aliases *without* a prefix name, and then

Re: [Kicad-developers] [RFC] Eeschema bus upgrades and new connectivity algorithm

> On Dec 13, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Hi all, > > As some of you know, I've been working on some new features for Eeschema that > expand the capabilities of buses. > These features are not yet complete, but I wanted to share my progress to get > early

Re: [Kicad-developers] Joining buses with junctions behavior

> On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:09 AM, Jon Evans wrote: > > Hi all, > > As I am working on bus features I have dived into all the ways you can use > buses (that I haven't always known about myself). > > One thing I noticed was an example given on the docs: >

Re: [Kicad-developers] terms clarification

when asked my opinion, I say, “I really don’t care, just pick something and tell me what I should do!”) How these concepts, not just the words, translate to other languages is something beyond my expertise (I’m monolingual). —a > > Just my two cents, > Jean-Paul > N1

Re: [Kicad-developers] terms clarification

> On Nov 22, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 11/22/2017 08:42 AM, jp charras wrote: >> Le 22/11/2017 à 14:28, Marco Ciampa a écrit : >>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 08:14:02AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: The devs discussed this some time ago and the

Re: [Kicad-developers] Recent eeschema changes

> On Nov 22, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Julius Schmidt wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > >> First of all, you cannot opt out of remapping you schematic and expect >> the library symbol links to continue to work correctly. The symbol >> library table is now

Re: [Kicad-developers] Questions regarding .sweet format

> On Sep 18, 2017, at 6:27 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > On 9/17/2017 2:59 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: >> Hi Wayne, others, >> >> *2. Symbol Variants* >> * >> * >> One of the pressing shortfalls in the current library scheme is that the >> footprint field is common to all

Re: [Kicad-developers] Additional Patch for via properties dialog (2)

> On Aug 22, 2017, at 3:10 AM, Simon Küppers wrote: > > I second this. Working in a Research Institute I can assure you, that very > often there are circuit boards with "interesting" stackups and via > configurations... These boards are not produced by quick-turn

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