Re: [Kicad-developers] ancient autorouter code

I only see one reference to autorouting in the pcbnew docs. "Pcbnew has a simple but effective autorouter to assist in the production of the circuit board. An Export/Import in SPECCTRA dsn format allows the use of more advanced auto-routers." This is technically lying a bit. We might say that we

Re: [Kicad-developers] Thanks to whoever done this :D

I hadn't set the defaults in the VRML export or IDF export dialogs, though in those instances the universally accepted accelerator keys are active. - Cirilo On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 11:10 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Your welcome! They bug me too and it's also in KiCad's UI policy to set > the

[Kicad-developers] ancient autorouter code

As long as I can remember the docs have mentioned a built-in autorouter. For just as long I've never been aware of anyone using it or improving the code. Could we kill this before a stable release? - Cirilo ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-

[Kicad-developers] 3D model colors go wonky and layout canvas goes white when routing with 3d view open.

I have run across this a couple of times and finally figured a way to intentionally duplicate. It only happens when using OpenGL and making changes while 3d view is open. Only see issue with OpenGL canvas. 1. Open kicad and start pcbnew. 2. Move 3d window and pcbnew windows out of each other's'

Re: [Kicad-developers] problem with modal component viewer and other modal dialogs

On 30.07.2015 18:37, yann jautard wrote:> so window pops up in a different display. Pretty unfriendly. > > Same thing happens for some dialogs in eeschema. > > I'm working on linux+KDE, I'm not sure the behaviour is the same on other systems. Same behaviour with multiple displays in linux+Cinn

[Kicad-developers] problem with modal component viewer and other modal dialogs

Something that looks like a bug to me (or at least a to-be-improved-design) : open kicad(with a project loaded), open pcbnew then minimise project manager window. select a footprint, chose "change module" then from the module change window, open component viewer. nothing seems to happen, k

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

I seems to me that this is the only sensible solution because I think the menu icons look like crap. Garth > On Jul 30, 2015, at 5:12 AM, Collin Anderson wrote: > > Thanks for the clear answers guys. And based on Johannes Malbaum's post, > this is clearly not the 'right or wrong' issue I mis

Re: [Kicad-developers] [bpa...@gmail.com: kicad possible bug]

Hi, On 29.07.2015 21:00, jp charras wrote: > I removed a few conditional compilations in rev 6014. > This bug already known, but not fixed, should be fixed in this rev. There is an older patch from Blair Bonnett removing all support for wxWidgets < 3.0. I have that in my repository, and it got r

Re: [Kicad-developers] Release candidate?

The pending release of the next OSX version will not impact the stable release. It's difficult enough to get a stable release done with OSes that are already released let alone beta OS releases. If we have to modify the stable branch to work with the next version of OSX, so be it. KiCad currentl

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

Please keep in mind that we are currently in feature freeze so no stitching via code (or any other new feature for that matter) is going make it into the upcoming stable release. We are already behind where I had hoped to be so I do not want to jeopardize pushing the stable release back any furthe

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Hi Adam, Please do that. I like the Icons even if Apple does not.! Thanks, Jean-Paul AC9GH > On Jul 30, 2015, at 9:10 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > If anyone is interested, I could quickly spin up a nightly build series with > these icons enabled. Let me know. > > Adam Wolf > > On Jul 30, 2015

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Thanks for stepping up Adam! Wayne On 7/30/2015 9:10 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > If anyone is interested, I could quickly spin up a nightly build series > with these icons enabled. Let me know. > > Adam Wolf > > On Jul 30, 2015 7:59 AM, "Johannes Maibaum" > wrote: > >

Re: [Kicad-developers] Thanks to whoever done this :D

Your welcome! They bug me too and it's also in KiCad's UI policy to set the default button in dialogs. When I find them, I fix them or at least rattle the cage of the person who created the dialog box to fix them. If you or anyone else happens to find any other dialogs without a default button, p

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

If anyone is interested, I could quickly spin up a nightly build series with these icons enabled. Let me know. Adam Wolf On Jul 30, 2015 7:59 AM, "Johannes Maibaum" wrote: > Good to know that Apple changed their minds once again… > > As I said, I do not mind them being enabled again. But perhap

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

I have no preference one way or another on this and I'm not opposed to changing it. That being said, all it takes is a simple command line definition (-DUSE_IMAGES_IN_MENUS=ON) to enable it during the build configuration so this could just as easily be done by our packagers based on user preferenc

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Good to know that Apple changed their minds once again… As I said, I do not mind them being enabled again. But perhaps it might be a good idea for our icon designers to take a look at all icons that are shown in the menus in order to see if they fulfill the guideline Bernhard quoted. I think th

Re: [Kicad-developers] DXF import only works in default Canvas.

Hi Marco, Thank you for reporting the issue. It should be fixed in revision 6023. Regards, Orson On 07/30/2015 02:40 AM, Marco Hess wrote: > Hi Maciej, > > I am testing this on Windows version: (2015-07-11 BZR 5925, Git > c291b88)-product release build > > In all cases I have the DXF import di

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Thanks for the clear answers guys. And based on Johannes Malbaum's post, this is clearly not the 'right or wrong' issue I mistakingly took it for, but may largely be mainly a personal preference. I find the icons very useful, but this is hardly universal, and I'm sure other people find them di

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

Since this has gotten a lot of attention, I figured I'd share my workarounds. KiCad is missing a few features for good RF layout. There are a few things which I use frequently in other EDA tools which haven't been implemented quite yet by KiCad. Via stitching is one of them. The methods mention

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Hi, Apple doesn't seem to be so strict anymore to forbid icons: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/MenuIconsSymbols.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/2957-CH27-SW1 Don't know if the KiCad icons would fulfill that guideline: <<< Avoid displ

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Yep, also note that the GTK people also tried to follow these OS X guidelines, so I don't actually have icons on my desktop on linux, GTK forces it off in some configurations. But I think they have also realised that they are actually useful. So this is not only on OS X. I am too lazy to find som

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Hello Collin, As far as I remember, menu icons are disabled on OSX in order to conform with Apple's UI guidelines that favor text-only menus over additional icons. So while there might be no technical issue with enabling icons for OSX too (I know that it worked years ago, when they were enabled

Re: [Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Hi Colin, > Can anyone explain why menu icons are enabled on all > platforms except OS X? I've looked through the menuhelper.h > code and the CMake build files, and all I can find is reference > to it being disabled on OS X by default, but the reason why is > not given anywhere I can find. There

[Kicad-developers] Can we enable menu icons on OS X?

Can anyone explain why menu icons are enabled on all platforms except OS X? I've looked through the menuhelper.h code and the CMake build files, and all I can find is reference to it being disabled on OS X by default, but the reason why is not given anywhere I can find. I've been using KiCad f

[Kicad-developers] Some news for git lovers… :P

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/git-code-hosting-beta In the short: seems that also git clone will be fully allowed directly from launchpad in the future… -- Best Regards, LordBlick ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

On 30.07.2015 10:45, Mikk Leini wrote: > So the idea of implementing manual vias does not interfere with script. > I uploaded a demo of what i have right now: > https://youtu.be/c4uwaKJOkO4 > > It doesn't need to go into main tree right now but it's so obvious > feature missing from KiCad that it

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

... note the use of the array tools. 2015-07-30 10:51 GMT+02:00 Nick Østergaard : > FWIW see, https://forum.kicad.info/t/protip-nicer-via-stitching/1103 > > 2015-07-30 10:45 GMT+02:00 Mikk Leini : >> Hi, >> >> Thanks to Wayne for a tip. I guess i found right post also about this >> script: >> http

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

FWIW see, https://forum.kicad.info/t/protip-nicer-via-stitching/1103 2015-07-30 10:45 GMT+02:00 Mikk Leini : > Hi, > > Thanks to Wayne for a tip. I guess i found right post also about this > script: > https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg17819.html > > Yes, i agree script is good thing

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

Hi, Thanks to Wayne for a tip. I guess i found right post also about this script: https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg17819.html Yes, i agree script is good thing also but most of the times you need to do stitching manually. From manufacturing and electrical point of view it's not che

[Kicad-developers] Thanks to whoever done this :D

Finally the default pushbutton works with enter in the pcbnew property dialogs :D I know it's silly but's a real time saver for us keyboard users!!! Thankss -- Lorenzo Marcantonio Logos Srl ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-develope

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stitching vias

Hi Torsten, I vote for that too :) thanks Maurice On 30/07/2015 00.12, "Torsten Hüter" wrote: Hi Mikk, I hope that I find this or next weekend some time to upload a recent version. I need to merge the actual KiCad code and have to do more testing. It's a tool to automate the stitching using