Re: [Kicad-developers] DRC rules

2020-05-21 Thread James Jackson
; > (rule “my special rule” … (condition “A.net == B.net”)) > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > > On 21 May 2020, at 12:19, James Jackson > wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > The background is that I'm looking at a ruleset which has different rules > depending on whether two neighbo

Re: [Kicad-developers] DRC rules

2020-05-21 Thread James Jackson
n the specific via, specific > netclass, or something else? (The current hole-to-hole min is board-wide.) > > Cheers, > Jeff > > > On 21 May 2020, at 10:54, James Jackson > wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > Many thanks for this - looks very powerful, and when it gets hook

Re: [Kicad-developers] DRC rules

2020-05-21 Thread James Jackson
Hi Jeff, Many thanks for this - looks very powerful, and when it gets hooked in to the PNS router will be killer. An issue I'm currently grappling with a variety of rules considering placements around vias. Some rules require a distance measured from the outside of the annular ring to a track (or

Re: [Kicad-developers] v6 breaking changes to eeschema - starting new refactor wise?

2020-05-12 Thread James Jackson
find more advanced > > annotation options useful so I would be in favor of it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Wayne > > > > On 5/12/20 12:36 PM, James Jackson wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm starting to dig through the code to understand

[Kicad-developers] v6 breaking changes to eeschema - starting new refactor wise?

2020-05-12 Thread James Jackson
Hi all, I'm starting to dig through the code to understand how to implement a new annotation scheme (all looks deceptively simple in terms of object manipulation... there will be a crocodile hiding there somewhere I'm sure!). However, I've noted in a few bug reports and new feature requests that

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-09 Thread James Jackson
eet. And then > I can do the layout once and replicate it for multiple corresponding piles. > I really like having more control over placing footprints than Pcbnew > gives, but alas. I'm not sure this was already part of the discussion > above, so sorry if it's a tangent. > > I'd

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-07 Thread James Jackson
in to be honest, because Altium's hierarchy model is a bit > different from KiCad's (in some ways simpler) and I haven't checked to see > if the same situations are possible. > > -Jon > > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 4:48 PM James Jackson < > james.a.f.jackso...@gma

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-07 Thread James Jackson
That's an interesting take on it. I can foresee the catastrophic addition of loads of other components though, if there's an error in the schematic somewhere and a rogue missing / one-over unit gets cascaded down sheets. What do other EDA tools do with annotation? Do they have this feature? Do

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-07 Thread James Jackson
Thanks Jeff - I'll take a look at a nightly to see where things are now. Sounds like a much better selection strategy too! Jean-Pierre - You're quite right to highlight these complications, which I've been mulling over myself. I don't yet have proposed solutions, but I'm going to give it a good

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-07 Thread James Jackson
are done, the problem is > just that the result doesn't work. > > > If you want to collaborate, let me know. And I'll try bring it up to date > with the current dev branch of Kicad. Alas I find git to be a nightmare. > > Brian > > > > On 2020-05-07 9:19 a.m., James Jackson

[Kicad-developers] Eeschema annotate block / specific component types proposal

2020-05-07 Thread James Jackson
Hi all, Firstly thanks Wayne for adding me to the list - long time KiCad user for hobby stuff, but I've got a background (partially) in fast real-time mixed-signal electronics. Working on a fairly large personal project recently, with many nested and shared schematics, I would really have liked