[kicad-users] Re: New poll, RFC!

2007-02-05 Thread va3ttn
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any more suggestions ? Hi Roger, few weeks ago I posted a list of what I considered worthy improvements to basic KiCad features. The list is here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/1637 The single hi

[kicad-users] New poll, RFC!

2007-02-05 Thread Roger
I will soon be closing the poll on KiCAD features for improvement. More analysis when I actually close it. However, there wil be a follow up poll aimed specifically at which PCB functions users most "miss" from KiCAD. Here are some options that come to my mind, but I wondered if people had othe

[kicad-users] Closed Poll, which Platform

2007-02-05 Thread Roger
Voting tendencies pretty soon stabalised on this poll, so I decided to call it in. Very interesting results. KiCAD is developed on Posix like platforms using OSS toolchains, and yet just over 50% of users actually use it on windows. This is testimony to the quality of KiCAD, as OSS EDA tools d

[kicad-users] Re: pulling my hair out

2007-02-05 Thread peter.fabo
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "wsterlingy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone make the following Spice circuit in Kicad. I can't do it. > > series circuit > v1 1 0 > r1 1 2 3k > r2 2 3 10k > r3 3 0 5k > .dc v1 9 9 1 > .print dc v(1,2) v(2,3) v(3,0) > .end > > > -Sterling > no prob

[kicad-users] Laying mutli-unit opamps - new behavior?

2007-02-05 Thread apluscw
Hello, I have switched to the latest KiCad and I am noticing a behavior that looks new to me. I am placing the various opamps from a quad opamp. No matter which unit I choose, it always places Unit A. After some panic, it does appear that I can change the unit once placed, so I can work around

[kicad-users] Re: PCB-Pool - drill vs. gerber origins

2007-02-05 Thread roger_irwin
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "apluscw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, yes, back OT. > > At my last job we had some gerbers that had been outsourced and had > been originally generated using PADS. We could not import the project > file, and I had to resort to manually editing the gerb

[kicad-users] Re: PCB-Pool - drill vs. gerber origins

2007-02-05 Thread apluscw
Ah, yes, back OT. > I did have some problems with offsets, the drill table was misalligned > with photoplots, but I replotted everything using a secondry axis and > it came out fine. This supprised me, I should have thought the > absolute axis would have been the "reliable" one! At my last job w

[kicad-users] Re: Checking Unrouted Traces?

2007-02-05 Thread pirezito
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "patrickymwong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > I find the ratnests only show up when a node is clicked. > Is there a way to check any unrouted traces on pcbnew board editor? I > want to have a thorough check before releasing for sample request.

RE: [kicad-users] Text search utility, for XP SP2 users

2007-02-05 Thread David Novak
AstroGrep is another good grep utility. http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net/ David > -Original Message- > From: AK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:37 AM > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [kicad-users] Text search utility, for XP SP2 users > > I ru

Re: [kicad-users] pulling my hair out

2007-02-05 Thread Ian bell
Hristo Antonov wrote: >> > well > there was an windows help file > who was saying that > spice commands could be send th the netlist file > by adding ./spice or something like that as a TEXT on the > schematic capture but now i am on linux and cannot see how exactly , > but i would like to use t

Re: [kicad-users] Checking Unrouted Traces?

2007-02-05 Thread Pedro Martin
Hi, On the left toolbar you can find a button "show ratnest". You will see all unconnected traces. Pedro. > I find the ratnests only show up when a node is clicked. > Is there a way to check any unrouted traces on pcbnew board editor?  I > want to have a thorough check before releasing for samp

[kicad-users] Checking Unrouted Traces?

2007-02-05 Thread patrickymwong
Dear all, I find the ratnests only show up when a node is clicked. Is there a way to check any unrouted traces on pcbnew board editor? I want to have a thorough check before releasing for sample request. Thanks in advance for any kind advice. Patrick

Re: [kicad-users] pulling my hair out

2007-02-05 Thread Hristo Antonov
Ian bell wrote: wsterlingy wrote: > Can anyone make the following Spice circuit in Kicad. I can't do it. > > series circuit > v1 1 0 > r1 1 2 3k > r2 2 3 10k > r3 3 0 5k > .dc v1 9 9 1 > .print dc v(1,2) v(2,3) v(3,0) > .end > I cannot do it either. First there is no spice voltage source in the

[kicad-users] Text search utility, for XP SP2 users

2007-02-05 Thread AK
I run XP SP2. I noticed that searching a word or an expression in KiCAD files is not an easy task as it used to be with Windows OS's prior to XP. I had the chance to hear about 'Agent Ransack'; a free version of the professional file searching software "FileLocator Pro". It helps me a lot to lo

[kicad-users] Re: TQFP100

2007-02-05 Thread frausti_yvan
hello thank you for your answers I used the VQFP because only the thickness is different in thiss manufacturer there is a great site : http://www.okisemi.com/english/packdraw.htm thanks