[kicad-users] Some Suggestions for improvement on KICAD

2009-05-05 Thread cv sandeep
HI Kicad users, Am Sandeep Working as a PCB design engineer. I Hope this mail reaches the developers of this tool as i din I am seeing Kicad is improving day by day with many more features added to it appreciate the good work by the team :-) Congrats!!! I feel a very few basic requirements which

[kicad-users] pcbnew display updates slowly

2009-05-05 Thread rcrowell74
Hi all... I've been using Kicad for well over a year now, and I love it. I recently bought a new laptop, compiled and installed Kicad, and noticed the following problem: pcbnew's display refreshes significantly more slowly than it does on my old machine. More details follow: My new laptop is f

[kicad-users] How to change layer of text on silkscreen?

2009-05-05 Thread nils_eilers
Hello, some of my texts like "J7" appear on the top silkscreen, some others appear on the bottom silkscreen. Since I'd like to use only one (the top) silkscreen, I want all texts to be placed on the top silkscreen - but I didn't find any way how to change the layer. Can anybody help me please

[kicad-users] Re: EEschema Background - Ver. 20090320.1666 on Gentoo

2009-05-05 Thread insane_rosenberg
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "denis_calchan_dupeyron" wrote: > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "insane_rosenberg" > wrote: > > I recently installed the latest version of Kicad available on the > > Gentoo portage system. > > > > Unfortunately (for me) the EEschema schematic templat

Re: [kicad-users] Negative

2009-05-05 Thread Andy Eskelson
Use: file>plot right hand side about half way down there is a tick box to plot in negative. Andy On Tue, 05 May 2009 17:29:39 - "iuli_negru_09" wrote: > Hy evryoane,i have a problem,i can't make a negative board for a photermal > board with kicador with the board from Kicad to tr

[kicad-users] Negative

2009-05-05 Thread iuli_negru_09
Hy evryoane,i have a problem,i can't make a negative board for a photermal board with kicador with the board from Kicad to tranfer in another program(maybe Corel Draw)and print a negativ on a light foil.Any sugestion?Thaks a lot.

Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Greg Dyess
I think we need to understand the difference between feature creep (aka scope creep, never-ending feature requests, etc) and asking for the interface to follow certain industry-accepted standards for the way certain things work.  I don't think anyone is asking for an endless list of features.  I

Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Wm.Andrew Ehlers
Leave Kicad the ^%$%& alone. Just fix the bugs. This is what gets projects in trouble. When you go to work how many projects have you been on that either fail outright or are overrun both financially and in terms of schedule by feature creep. It never ceases to amaze me how many times we engin

Re: Sv: Re: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Tobias Gogolin
I wrote it, and I am already subscribed to the developers group, even if I can't guarantee that I will ever (try to) modify one line of code! Less if its indeed Pascal and not C++ or Java (which I have used a bit) What I have achieved a year an a half ago is that a big multinational company changed

Re: Sv: Re: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Alain M.
> "Well lets agree on the fact that KiCad would benefit from a GUI makeover! > And lets not forget that Autocad is a fossil from DOS ages, it is not > representative of 2009!" I am not sure who wrote this, but he is welcome to the developers group. It will also be beneficial to learn more about

Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Tobias Gogolin
Yes nobody means to not show appreciation for the ingenuity that has undoubtedly gathered to create any program of such complexity as KiCad! But standards are not only fun, they are essential for a programs survival! Or lets say it in more commercial terms: Market Share! And even if KiCad will alwa

Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Greg Dyess
I am very greatful for KiCAD and the hard work everyone has put into producing it and then giving it away for free.  Having worked on large systems that have evolved over time, I have the utmost empathy and respect for those that maintain it as well.  Thank you all! I hope no one has taken any

Re: Sv: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Greg Dyess
It's been a LNG time since I've used AutoCAD.  I do recall it having some strange quirks about the way it did "rubber band" selections.  I do recall using the keyboard a lot more too, but then again, a mouse was a $150 luxury back then as well on a 12 MHz IBM AT. Greg __

Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Robert
I don't think you can be that dismissive. The point about kicad and other cad packages is that editing often requires nested actions. Autocad (if I remember correctly) allowed you to prepend a command with ' to indicate command nesting. The modern way to do that is with the context menu, an

Sv: Re: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Anders Gustafsson
"Well lets agree on the fact that KiCad would benefit from a GUI makeover! And lets not forget that Autocad is a fossil from DOS ages, it is not representative of 2009!" Sure, but I prefer function over flash. Also the trend is to use keyboard shortcuts more and more. This is even evident in Micr

Re: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Tobias Gogolin
Well lets agree on the fact that KiCad would benefit from a GUI makeover! And lets not forget that Autocad is a fossil from DOS ages, it is not representative of 2009! On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Anders Gustafsson < anders.gustafs...@pedago.fi> wrote: > "In working with KiCad, I have become

Sv: Re: [kicad-users] KiCad regrettably still is history free and not parametric!

2009-05-05 Thread Anders Gustafsson
"In working with KiCad, I have become frustrated with the user interface as well. Perhaps the way KiCad works is the norm for such packages, maybe not. If KiCad had an interface that more closely mimicked the generally-accepted norms for mouse gestures it would be less frustrating to learn."