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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 09:25:19 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: [geda-user] Any news about FOSS EDA coordination? Import/export, common file format From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com)" To: kicad-users AT yahoogroups DOT com Cc: geda-user AT delorie DOT com, foss-pcb AT ohwr DOT org, The Open Source Hardware Association Discussion List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11349a6ea6708305188e63a0 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --001a11349a6ea6708305188e63a0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Perhaps starting with the PCB side is a miss step. A lot of the gEDA folks have long wanted to overhaul their PCB stuff anyway for architectural reasons. At best moving footprints between KiCAD and gEDA's companion PCB would make more sense. Alternatively working on schematic interchange could work. The gEDA schematic capture and etc are very well thought out and mature. On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:42 AM, timofonic timofonic timofonic AT gmail DOT com [kicad-users] wrote: > > > 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 dirt= y >> 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 usin= g >> mm units. >> >> https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootprintGenerator >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Ouabache Designworks ( >> z3qmtr45 AT gmail DOT com) wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM, timofonic timofonic ( >>> timofonic AT gmail 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 t= ools >>> to dump out the database in either format and you have an instant unive= rsal >>> translater. You might need some sort of fixer program that could modify= the >>> database to fix any issues. >>> >>> John Eaton >>> >>> >>> >> __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: timofonic timofonic > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post > > =E2=80=A2 Reply to sender > > =E2=80=A2 Reply to group > > =E2=80=A2 Start a New Topic > > =E2=80=A2 Messages in this topic > > (6) > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator > of Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute > your symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel > Visit Your Group > > > - New Members > > 6 > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > > =E2=80=A2 Privacy =E2=80=A2 > Unsubscribe > =E2=80=A2 Terms of Use > > . > > __,_._,___ > --=20 Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/ --001a11349a6ea6708305188e63a0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Perhaps starting with the PCB side is a miss step. A = lot of the gEDA folks have long wanted to overhaul their PCB stuff anyway f= or architectural reasons. At best moving footprints between KiCAD and gEDA&= #39;s companion PCB would make more sense.

Alternatively work= ing on schematic interchange could work. The gEDA schematic capture and etc= are very well thought out and mature.

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:42 AM, timofonic t= imofonic timofonic AT gmail DOT com [ki= cad-users] <kicad-users AT yahoogroups DOT com> wrote:

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On Jun 14, 2015 6:09 PM, "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com)" <ged= a-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/=C2=A0 looks like a more a= dvanced 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 re= ally isn't that much difference between them, especially if using mm un= its.

https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootp= rintGenerator

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) <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

On Sun, Ju= n 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM, timofonic timofonic (timofonic AT gmail DOT com) <geda-user AT delorie.= com> wrote:
Oh, the idea looked promising...
So what about kicad and geda supporting both formats at leas= t? What about sharing the same library? :)

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