Re: [kicad-users] Re: Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread Andy Eskelson
Do bear in mind that KiCad is a multi platform system, so things should work on both Linux and Windows. Andy On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:02 +0100 Philip Pemberton wrote: > waynegramlich wrote: > > I think your idea is a good one. Not locking it down to a > > particular electronic CAD package

Re: [kicad-users] Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread Bernd Wiebus
Hello group, hello Phil. >I'm toying with the idea of building a completely new set of > libraries for Kicad (and possibly EAGLE as well). Yes. this is the reason i startet making the library i loaded up the last days, and therefor i got strangled by the symbol editor (because i created sy

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Pemberton
waynegramlich wrote: > I think your idea is a good one. Not locking it down to a > particular electronic CAD package is also a pretty good idea. It's more a convenience thing of anything, that and other people might want to use it with e.g. Altium Designer, Mentor or OrCAD. I'd rather like the

[kicad-users] Re: Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread waynegramlich
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Philip Pemberton wrote: > > Hi guys, >I'm toying with the idea of building a completely new set of > libraries for Kicad (and possibly EAGLE as well). This all stems from > the fact that no CAD package I've used thus far has had what I'd call a > "decent"

Re: [kicad-users] Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread Greg Dyess
I would just like to see the component libraries we have cleaned up and some naming convention developed and adhered to.  Something that would be really nice would be to give the ability to place the connection point or hole somewhere other than the center of a pad.  The ability to define irre

[kicad-users] Kicad library project

2009-09-12 Thread Philip Pemberton
Hi guys, I'm toying with the idea of building a completely new set of libraries for Kicad (and possibly EAGLE as well). This all stems from the fact that no CAD package I've used thus far has had what I'd call a "decent" set of libraries, and IMHO it's gotten to the point where something rea