X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=0J3oNRFrAGHt/yjhZmVoJOIfPlLVPUP4dPcGy+VVL8c=; b=Yyy1cZ9s3rt5y63SzpocpNPOhpfjLXqBCnSbSZuWVVXePZ5tGhVbbSczntD1aL3lao CzQ4fJzeuCczpbw9kW7m2NWT7CTLUqgWMi3BxuGpmWRo5sqII0kR1jNlp1+HSsKT7Q0E Cq7J0AFnR//KRynyqRQ5clzeJG9C7voMx5KA2qvtw8ipSaVgFpFoChHJR2nqEFbDvigg JwXTqMRX+1N5vw+K7L7NLOoUSoj1gxJ7t4u+HqsS9lnXaJ7wD9PAy/iWGyJRquryrZR6 xbwDg9sZ/Kn0++TNXteuHtuDA1sXt6apwiVuD5Da8ydGwgPTk7UOjQnYvqDFAK2kA4xz 1cUw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.203.162 with SMTP id kr2mr2358978lac.57.1434938359243; Sun, 21 Jun 2015 18:59:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20150608222056 DOT 10601 DOT qmail AT stuge DOT se> <218C63C4-B2B5-4DFB-A995-B170E7591B6F AT noqsi DOT com> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 01:59:19 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] Any news about FOSS EDA coordination? Import/export, common file format From: "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com)" To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Has anyone talked to this guy about EDAcore? http://hackaday.com/2014/10/15/reverse-engineering-altium-files/ On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) wrote: > although a bit stale, it supports eagle and kicad format export, and the > author has indicated a willingness to add geda export. Furthermore, any > given footprint is based on a description list that is abstracted from the > eda tool, a bit like the fped tool Bert described. > > It might well be a good option. > > Erich > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 5:12 PM, timofonic timofonic (timofonic AT gmail DOT com) > wrote: >> >> Madparts seems inactively developed... >> >> On Jun 14, 2015 6:09 PM, "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail 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) 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 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 >>>> >>>> >>> > -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/