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Madparts seems inactively developed...
On Jun 14, 2015 6:09 PM, "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com)" <
geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> My kicad to gEDA utility with a bit of work could do export to kicad after
> reading geda files.
>
> Although http://madparts.org/  looks like a more advanced possible
> contender for a universal format. I am thinking of getting my hands dirty
> and helping him with a GEDA export module.
>
> My latest standalone utility exports to either legacy kicad or geda -
> there really isn't that much difference between them, especially if using
> mm units.
>
> https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootprintGenerator
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, 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
>>
>>
>>
>

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<p dir=3D"ltr">Madparts seems inactively developed...</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Jun 14, 2015 6:09 PM, &quot;Erich Heinzle (<a=
 href=3D"mailto:a1039181 AT gmail DOT com">a1039181 AT gmail DOT com</a>)&quot; &lt;<a hr=
ef=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
 type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0=
 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=
<div>My kicad to gEDA utility with a bit of work could do export to kicad a=
fter reading geda files. <br><br></div>Although <a href=3D"http://madparts.=
org/" target=3D"_blank">http://madparts.org/</a>=C2=A0 looks like a more ad=
vanced possible contender for a universal format. I am thinking of getting =
my hands dirty and helping him with a GEDA export module.<br><br></div>My l=
atest standalone utility exports to either legacy kicad or geda - there rea=
lly isn&#39;t that much difference between them, especially if using mm uni=
ts.<br><br><a href=3D"https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootprintGe=
nerator" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootpr=
intGenerator</a><br><br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Ouabache Designworks (<a=
 href=3D"mailto:z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com" target=3D"_blank">z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com</a=
>) <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D=
"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote"><span>On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM, timofonic timofoni=
c (<a href=3D"mailto:timofonic AT gmail DOT com" target=3D"_blank">timofonic AT gmail=
.com</a>) <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid=
;padding-left:1ex"><p dir=3D"ltr">Oh, the idea looked promising...</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">So what about kicad and geda supporting both formats at leas=
t? What about sharing the same library? :)</p></blockquote><div><br></div><=
/span><div>I have had some success using a Database as the center of my too=
lset. Create=C2=A0 tools to read kicad and gEDA libs into a database=C2=A0 =
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 tha=
t could modify the database to fix any issues.<br><br></div><div>John Eaton=
<br><br></div></div><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
</blockquote></div>

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