[kicad-users] Re: Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread mancapit
Hi, i'm set mm format , the distance betwen pin (2.54mm) are always 1000 , then you must scale to factor 0.00254 your drawing to use in mm . Best regards --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "mancapit" wrote: > > > Hi , > i'm use only inches setting , holes and lines are scaling correctly with >

[kicad-users] Re: panelizing.

2010-03-11 Thread DanielW
Instead of paying 4PCB's exorbitant prices, check out pcbcart.com. You don't need to panelize (they handle that themselves); you just put in the PCB size and quantity desired, and they give you prices for all the quantities around that. If you're getting any decent quantity of boards made, the

[kicad-users] mdc files under RC5

2010-03-11 Thread hmnrobots
I installed the latest RC5 version under winXP. When I tried to add the finder 4052 relay library in CvPCB (downloaded) from kicadlib.org I get the following message : Certains fichiers n'ont pas pu être trouvés! D:\Mes Documents\KiCAD\Library\RelaisFinder4052\RelayFinder2RT4052.mdc why this ver

[kicad-users] mdc files under RC5

2010-03-11 Thread hmnrobots
I installed the latest kicad version RC5; but since I've got trouble with the libraries included in my project : I wanted to add a relay so I downloaded the relay finder 4052 files from http://www.kicadlib.org/ But now when I want to add that library in CvPCB it shows the following message : Cer

[kicad-users] Re: Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread mancapit
Hi , i'm use only inches setting , holes and lines are scaling correctly with command "scale" to 0.00254 in autocad . tomorrow i'm going to set in mm and answers to you. Bye --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Gilles Teisseire wrote: > > Thank you for your answers. > > Tell me if I'm wrong:

[kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread azhars
under Winxp SP2  Kicad RC5 runs with no problem --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "dickelbeck" wrote: > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Stanley Allen stanley_allen@ wrote: > > > > I have a pretty high end PC running Windows 7 with Intel Core 2 Quad, 6 GB of DDR2 RAM. > > > > Please

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
kajdas wrote: > dickelbeck wrote: > > >> I strongly suggest using the latest RC (release candidate) for March 2010. >> There will never be a more stable version than this if people don't install >> it and say it is stable. When that happens, it will simply get renamed to >> "released

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread kajdas
dickelbeck wrote: > I strongly suggest using the latest RC (release candidate) for March 2010. > There will never be a more stable version than this if people don't install > it and say it is stable. When that happens, it will simply get renamed to > "released", (not released in more s

[kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread dickelbeck
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Stanley Allen wrote: > > I have a pretty high end PC running Windows 7 with Intel Core 2 Quad, 6 GB of > DDR2 RAM. > > Please let me know as a new user what version kicad I should download and > why. I would rather have a more stable version but understand

[kicad-users] Re: Postscriptum Problem KiCAD RC4 Ubuntu on debian lenny misses libstdc++.so.6

2010-03-11 Thread andrescimmarusti
> > There is also a lenny backport (newer version). > > Oh yes. Some people told me so, but i knew not enouch about Programming > and building to use this. You don't need programming skills for this. You just add the lenny-backports repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list (or you can do it thr

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread Gilles Teisseire
Thank you for your answers. Tell me if I'm wrong: The inches/mm button in export window only affect holes dimensions So, i've tried a new export (selecting inches for holes dimensions) and open it selecting mils unit in Solidworks. I still have a scaling issue with factor of 10. (what should be

[kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread nickoatley
KiCad-2009-02-16-final-WinXP_autoinstall this works just fine on Windows 7 (average spec laptop) though screen drawing is a bit slow, probably due to the graphics card in the laptop being a bit average rather than any problem in Windows 7 itself. Nick. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, kajdas

[kicad-users] Re: Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread mancapit
Hye , i'm sorry for my english , i use autocad and scale the drawing to 0,00254 to use. Best regards. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Brian Sidebotham wrote: > > KiCad exports the DXF with values in mils, but DXF's should be inches > or mm. Hence the scale is out by a factor of 1000. I have

Re: [kicad-users] Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread Brian Sidebotham
KiCad exports the DXF with values in mils, but DXF's should be inches or mm. Hence the scale is out by a factor of 1000. I have stumbled across this in the past. Best Regards, Brian. On 11 March 2010 10:46, Gilles Teisseire wrote: > Bonjour, > > I'm using Kicad RC5, Ubuntu 9.10. > I've tried to

Re: [kicad-users] component and module linkage

2010-03-11 Thread Sergey A. Borshch
On 11.03.2010 08:41, Panson wrote: > Is it possible link a component and a module (footprint) in the library as > that in Eagle. When we select a component in schematic capture, we select the > footprint at the same time. Fill the component "Footprint" field with the name of desired module. --

[kicad-users] Converting drill file to G-code

2010-03-11 Thread Anders
Hi! I have been trying to convert drill files to G-code. Best converter I have found so far is http://www.burger-web.com/ProductDescription/ETC/en_ETC.htm.en, but I have a few issues with it. One is that I need to manually edit the drill file and take out: R,T VER,1 FMAT,2 METRIC,TZ TCST,OFF I

[kicad-users] Problem exporting DXF format

2010-03-11 Thread Gilles Teisseire
Bonjour, I'm using Kicad RC5, Ubuntu 9.10. I've tried to export drill file in DXF format. Whatever the choice of inches or millimeter in export window, i've got the same issue: When I try to open the .DXF file with Solidworks the scale is wrong. (by a factor of 1000). I don't know if it's a so

Re: [kicad-users] component and module linkage

2010-03-11 Thread Andy Eskelson
Edit the footprint filter property then use automatic association when running cvtpcb. See section 12.5.4 of the eeschema documentation. Andy On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:41:55 - "Panson" wrote: > It may be asked and answered somewhere before. Is it possible link a > component and a module (fo

Re: [kicad-users] Re: panelizing.

2010-03-11 Thread Andy Eskelson
Not directly as in "make 10 copies of this..." However it does support append board (PCBnew file menu) You can use this to load another board into the current board. The only gotcha is to make sure that you move your current board away from the centre first, or the import can sometimes overlay th

[kicad-users] Copper zone net assignment and netlist generation

2010-03-11 Thread ander...@ymail.com
{- How are nets merged and assigned? My problem is the following: I have two nets - VCC and VDD - that are connected to a third net (3.3V). VCC is connected through a copper zone under an IC. It appears that the merged net (when creating a netlist) gets a random name (either 3.3V, VCC or V

Re: [kicad-users] Re: Recommended Version for a New User Running Windows 7?

2010-03-11 Thread Robert
RC stands for Release Candidate (for the upcoming new version). For the stable version, go to http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page. Near the top it says "Get KiCad", and immediately below that are the download links for the current stable version. Regards, Robert. On 10/