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From: Kadal Amutham <vkadal AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:35:46 +0530
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Subject: Re: [geda-help] some footprint scripting help for newbie please
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I use Kicad for my designs. How does it compare with gEDA?

With Warm Regards

V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480
914422396480


On 23 January 2013 19:26, Stefan Salewski <mail AT ssalewski DOT de> wrote:

> On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 11:59 +0100, Jakub Klawiter wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I like to learn how gEDA is working, was looking at tutorial and read
> many
> > pages on your wiki. I think I'm beggining
>
> [...]
>
> Please try to turn on English spell checking in your email client, that
> makes it easier for us to read your postings -- please note not all of
> us have English as native language, so guessing the right words is not
> easy. (Guessing may be fun for some people -- for English my fear is
> that reading wrong spelling will make my own more bad than it already
> is :-(
>
> Thermals are not defined in footprints -- for pins and vias we use the
> thermal tool called THRM to make a thermal to the surrounding copper
> polygon. For pads we have to draw a trace to the copper polygon --
> ensure that Settings->NewLinesClearPolygons is not selected in menu, or
> use j key when mouse hovers over an existing trace to make it connect to
> the polygon.
>
> For beginners I recommend DJ's tutorial
>
> http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/gs/gs.html
>
> For footprints we have the very verbose text
>
> http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf
>
> I wrote a summary, see bottom of this page
>
> http://www.ssalewski.de/SFG.html.en
>
> Unfortunately that describes not the latest format -- I think we can use
> units like nm in footprint definition now, I will try to adapt that text
> when I have some spare time...
>
> Older footprints where created by m4 scripts with parameters indeed, but
> most people favorite the so called newlib footprints now, which are self
> contained and do not depend on m4 macro processor. A lot of tools exist
> to create footprints, some use textual description, some have graphical
> front-ends.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefan Salewski
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I use Kicad for my designs. How does it compare with gEDA?=
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Wi=
th Warm Regards<br><br>V.Kadal Amutham<br>919444360480<div>914422396480</di=
v></div>

</div>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 23 January 2013 19:26, Stefan Salewsk=
i <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mail AT ssalewski DOT de" target=3D"_bla=
nk">mail AT ssalewski DOT de</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">

On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 11:59 +0100, Jakub Klawiter wrote:<br>
&gt; Hello!<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I like to learn how gEDA is working, was looking at tutorial and read =
many<br>
&gt; pages on your wiki. I think I&#39;m beggining<br>
<br>
[...]<br>
<br>
Please try to turn on English spell checking in your email client, that<br>
makes it easier for us to read your postings -- please note not all of<br>
us have English as native language, so guessing the right words is not<br>
easy. (Guessing may be fun for some people -- for English my fear is<br>
that reading wrong spelling will make my own more bad than it already<br>
is :-(<br>
<br>
Thermals are not defined in footprints -- for pins and vias we use the<br>
thermal tool called THRM to make a thermal to the surrounding copper<br>
polygon. For pads we have to draw a trace to the copper polygon --<br>
ensure that Settings-&gt;NewLinesClearPolygons is not selected in menu, or<=
br>
use j key when mouse hovers over an existing trace to make it connect to<br=
>
the polygon.<br>
<br>
For beginners I recommend DJ&#39;s tutorial<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/gs/gs.html" target=3D"_blank">ht=
tp://www.delorie.com/pcb/docs/gs/gs.html</a><br>
<br>
For footprints we have the very verbose text<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf" target=
=3D"_blank">http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf</a><br>
<br>
I wrote a summary, see bottom of this page<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.ssalewski.de/SFG.html.en" target=3D"_blank">http://ww=
w.ssalewski.de/SFG.html.en</a><br>
<br>
Unfortunately that describes not the latest format -- I think we can use<br=
>
units like nm in footprint definition now, I will try to adapt that text<br=
>
when I have some spare time...<br>
<br>
Older footprints where created by m4 scripts with parameters indeed, but<br=
>
most people favorite the so called newlib footprints now, which are self<br=
>
contained and do not depend on m4 macro processor. A lot of tools exist<br>
to create footprints, some use textual description, some have graphical<br>
front-ends.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
Stefan Salewski<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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