On 11/07/19 18:16, easyw wrote:
On 07/11/2019 5:17 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
Here’s a footprint I drew recently which was made much harder by
Kicad’s focus on arc centre points:
This is exactly an example that should be done in a mechanical CAD and
imported later in KiCAD (i.e. as DXF).
Complex mechanical object should be addressed with mechanical CAD, not
ECAD.
I agree, but that implies that the gui who uses kicad for electronics
also needs to have (and learn) a mechanical cad and this is not always
true (the world is full of different people with different backgrounds).
If you are starting using kicad and you never used a mechanical cad the
time you need to learn it will be more than the time needed to struggle
with the limited 2D-lines/arcs capabilities of kicad.
Also the fact that there is not a dxf export in footprint editor does
not help going back and forth between the two cads.
Of course, as you say, an experienced user, with knowledge of both
electronic and mechanic (2D and 3D) cads will use the right tool for the
right work and do it efficiently, but a new user (or a student) that
starts from the electronic cad would just say "I was not able to do it,
the tool is too limited, no good cad" and leave kicad.
Cheers,
Dino.
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