[Kicad-developers] PATCH: improve library install script a little

Hi, Some small changes for the library-repos-install.sh script. https://github.com/hzeller/kicad/compare/master...hzeller:script-no-grep-dependency.diff Suggested commit message: o library install script improvements - Make WORKING_TREES configurable with environment variable to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Export to Solidworks

There are a number of options: 1. Recently Maurice wrote a script which uses FreeCAD to create a STEP modelusing the bare board IDF file and other data in the .kicad_pcb file: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~easyw/kicad-stepup/trunk/files No doubt there are still some issues but this is currently t

[Kicad-developers] Export to Solidworks

Hello group, I have been trying to export a 3D model of a populated PCB to Solidworks and after a few days I want to ask you for help. I've generated VRML files for each component and did an export in VRML which I can open and see in FreeCAD correctly. I need to interface with Mechanical Enginee

Re: [Kicad-developers] Gerber output units?

Le 04/08/2015 08:29, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit : > On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 05:38:26 +0200, > Chris Pavlina wrote: >> >> pcbnew used to be able to plot Gerbers in imperial units. What happened >> to that? Some (particularly older and non-Asian) board houses still >> expect those... Is there any reas

[Kicad-developers] Gerber output units?

+1 from me for adding back imperial Gerber support. There was a recent discussion regarding this in the following ticket. A small patch is included as well to add the option for imperial output into the UI. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1475730 On Aug 4, 2015 2:31 AM, "Lorenzo Marcantonio" > wro

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

Kerusey, it's unfortunate that you feel this way. While I can understand your frustration, this emotional, and frankly, melodramatic reaction to a simple patch is exactly the sort of thing that puts off would-be new developers. Sometimes, when working on a large project, one must compromise. Th

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema config keyboard mnemonics

Gah, mailing list fail, sent directly to Wayne. On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 02:32:53PM -0400, Chris Pavlina wrote: > Hey, I'm one of those "old timers" in everything but age! I navigate > even my browser almost exclusively by keyboard using Vimium... The thing > is, I just never found them useful in

Re: [Kicad-developers] Eeschema config keyboard mnemonics

On 8/3/2015 1:02 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote: > Hi, > > The keyboard mnemonics (underlined letters) in the eeschema and libedit > config boxes are a bit messy. There is at least one conflict (two items > sharing L), and many items missing mnemonics. > > I could easily patch this, but I'd rather dis

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

[Adding kicad-devel back; context: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/pull/231 ] On 4 August 2015 at 08:41, Kerusey Karyu wrote: > Henner Zeller w dniu Tue, 4 Aug 2015 07:48:54 -0700 napisał: > > > Thanks for merging my library cleanup patch! This way, we don't need > > the (more hacky) work

Re: [Kicad-developers] Stable release update.

> I'd like this to be merged. In a few words, it consists of merging some libraries dating back from pre-github > era into two cleaner ones: TO_SOT_Packages_SMD.pretty and TO_SOT_Packages_THT.pretty. Possibly > also renaming the _Throug

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

Le 02/08/2015 11:40, yann jautard a écrit : Le 30/07/2015 15:10, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : If you or anyone else happens to find any other dialogs without a default button, please report them as soon as possible so they can be fixed for the stable release. pcbnew change footprint window.

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

On 4 August 2015 at 07:28, Carl Poirier wrote: > Hi, > > This is just to let you know that this has been merged. Sorry for it > taking so long. > Thanks for merging my library cleanup patch! This way, we don't need the (more hacky) workaround in the KiCAD application to 'manually' remove the pre

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Skip redundant repetition of component name in component chooser

Hi, This is just to let you know that this has been merged. Sorry for it taking so long. Regards, Carl On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Indeed! In fact my couple of beer suggestion is sounding like a pretty > good idea right about now. :) > > On 6/26/2015 3:11 PM, Ad