Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 12/11/2012 11:47 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/11/2012 10:01 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote: >> I would just like to chime in as a user that I guess I don't mind >> whether I launch the "window" where I assign footprints from the main >> KiCad launcher or from eeSchema. The decoupling between the s

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 12/11/2012 10:01 PM, Kaspar Bumke wrote: > I would just like to chime in as a user that I guess I don't mind > whether I launch the "window" where I assign footprints from the main > KiCad launcher or from eeSchema. The decoupling between the schematic > file and the footprint assignment is quit

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Kaspar Bumke
I would just like to chime in as a user that I guess I don't mind whether I launch the "window" where I assign footprints from the main KiCad launcher or from eeSchema. The decoupling between the schematic file and the footprint assignment is quite important to me though. I like being able to have

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Vesa Solonen
11.12.2012 20:17, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo kirjoitti: > Avoiding the maintenance of another component is a good point, but, I think > CvPcb is an advantage compared to other EDA tools. It's awesome easy to review > and change footprints thanks to CvPcb compared to other tools I've used, > where you

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 12/11/2012 12:42 PM, kajdas wrote: > I may not understand the issue correctly but in my case, many times I use > only PCB layout and import only netlist from Orcad. > How would I assign footprints to parts without CvPcb? > Martin >>Well since I suggested it, I still like the idea of a separat

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 12/11/2012 1:17 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: > > On 11/12/2012, at 18:33, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> >> I can't think of a good reason to keep CvPcb around if you can easily >> assign footprints in the schematic editor. Most of the comments I've >> seen have been fairly negative about ha

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread kajdas
I may not understand the issue correctly but in my case, many times I use only PCB layout and import only netlist from Orcad. How would I assign footprints to parts without CvPcb? Martin Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: = On 11/12/2012, at 18:33, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I

Re: [Kicad-developers] Padstacks, layernames, process files

2012-12-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 12/11/2012 1:26 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/11/2012 11:54 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 11/14/2012 9:48 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> I guess the other thing to keep in mind is that there are no plans to >>> delete the >>> LEGACY_PLUGIN. PLUGINs are responsible for >>> >>> >>> a) lo

Re: [Kicad-developers] Padstacks, layernames, process files

2012-12-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 12/11/2012 11:54 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 11/14/2012 9:48 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> I guess the other thing to keep in mind is that there are no plans to delete >> the >> LEGACY_PLUGIN. PLUGINs are responsible for >> >> >> a) loading and saving BOARDs. >> >> b) using footprint libra

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
On 11/12/2012, at 18:33, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > > I can't think of a good reason to keep CvPcb around if you can easily > assign footprints in the schematic editor. Most of the comments I've > seen have been fairly negative about having to use a separate tool to > assign footprints to compone

Re: [Kicad-developers] Padstacks, layernames, process files

2012-12-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 11/14/2012 9:48 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > I guess the other thing to keep in mind is that there are no plans to delete > the > LEGACY_PLUGIN. PLUGINs are responsible for > > > a) loading and saving BOARDs. > > b) using footprint libraries in a particular storage format. > > > Technical

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 12/11/2012 12:37 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/11/2012 11:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> On 12/11/2012 12:33 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> On 12/10/2012 08:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: On 12/10/2012 07:04 AM, Marcelo Conceição Santos wrote: > Hello, KiCad developers, congratula

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Dick Hollenbeck
On 12/11/2012 11:33 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 12/11/2012 12:33 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 12/10/2012 08:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> On 12/10/2012 07:04 AM, Marcelo Conceição Santos wrote: Hello, KiCad developers, congratulations to all, this program is fabulous with reg

Re: [Kicad-developers] KiCad Developers

2012-12-11 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
On 12/11/2012 12:33 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 12/10/2012 08:31 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 12/10/2012 07:04 AM, Marcelo Conceição Santos wrote: >>> Hello, KiCad developers, congratulations to all, this program is fabulous >>> with regard to >>> paid software! >>> My name is Marcelo, I l