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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Valve / nixie symbols
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On 03/07/2016 03:29 AM, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> I have just tried converting some Kicad nixie symbols from a kicad
> library available from:
>
> http://library.oshec.org/converted/nixie_tube.lib
>
> which included:
>
> IN-18-1-380758-1.sym
> IN-18-B1-B_41.0002.sym
> NE2-NEON-BULB-DRILL.sym
> NE2-NEON-BULB-SMD.sym
> ZM1000.sym
> ZM1042-1-380758-1.sym
> ZM1042-B1-B_41.0002.sym
> ZM1042-B13B.sym
>
> The only issue appears to be that some of the pins are not on 100mil
> spacing, since Kicad symbols are not required to sit on multiples of
> 100, but this is a minor inconvenience since the bulk of the work has
> been done for you.
>
> I used my KicadSymbolToGEDA utility to convert them
>
> https://github.com/erichVK5/KicadSymbolToGEDA
>
> There is also the option of converting Eagle footprints, Eagle
> symbols, BXL, BSDL, IBIS and symdef definitions to gEDA PCB and gschem
> formats, with the following utility, which will have the Kicad
> conversion functionality rolled into it in due course, and become an
> all in one tool:
>
> https://github.com/erichVK5/translate2geda
>
> I will try to refine the pin location behaviour for kicad symbol
> conversion, to mirror that which has already been done for the eagle
> to geda converter, which has some snap to grid functionality.
>
> I have previously converted Kicad nixie and valve footprints to geda
> PCB format with the following utility
>
> https://github.com/erichVK5/KicadModuleToGEDA
>
> and these can be found on gedasymbols.org <http://gedasymbols.org>


I had already found your converted footprints, thanks; I remember trying
to convert some schematics from Eagle to geda a while ago, could never
get the tool to work (I think it was something from upverter).


>
> So, long story short, if you can find what you need in any of the
> above formats, you don't need to reinvent the wheel.
>

I'll keep that in mind :)