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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Any news about FOSS EDA coordination? Import/export,
	common file format
From:	"Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com)" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Ouabache Designworks
(z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM, timofonic timofonic (timofonic AT gmail DOT com)
> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh, the idea looked promising...
>>
>> So what about kicad and geda supporting both formats at least? What about
>> sharing the same library? :)
>
>
> I have had some success using a Database as the center of my toolset. Create
> tools to read kicad and gEDA libs into a database  as well as tools to dump
> out the database in either format and you have an instant universal
> translater. You might need some sort of fixer program that could modify the
> database to fix any issues.
>
> John Eaton

Has anyone checked what the upverter libs offer via this:

  https://github.com/upverter/schematic-file-converter

It sounds like it might be good.

Britton

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