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=20230601; t=1697497250; x=1698102050; darn=delorie.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=TNOX8Xe2WyQz/M8i60HeFbEhLbYCY/qjZdpKIl+AUSk=; b=fXDUCFd5U0aUIQ6QS+rB9qF7emMwZKm4rLaMvrbRZ6gO1XpvVWohLdniDAxjXjR8+z BKTJY/V4CV4bARWT/MOOXVNo7Vbj+kszdMiA0ORiEiE/u8a1WnlIqiAhx5xs4bHLAMvS iQj6Vt46YjkaIIlXKMe2utMnUwbouN6H0BgWBOvUiqPCa5Sh6I+ozRRY6N1ZLT1VPogL WFwe1mahP47NFdHV2sGq2XnlF6ZCZC11zXdVr1SmIWG2AEk3e12ZXUyOwjtIIeR4r163 3TvESQtuyPvwfFYj0+p+Vff1zj2jAe+TJnu8wcevGiRXmGtcHp1qzLRRkocxD0/onhZX xP2A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1697497250; x=1698102050; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=TNOX8Xe2WyQz/M8i60HeFbEhLbYCY/qjZdpKIl+AUSk=; b=M/VIYgs9YD9AEwik47rWSjlEXZdl4QsQHX30xRreAOFz4yd65nCpwFYhB9HOjNJSyd whXFiGyN5xeb9jOV8aAo/+K6/neGeSK7MXwwFdEQBHVzGn/+6IOakxhvdo+OD3IU6lbx 8+G44XC94Q1yQioAI+5SKr7c8MePjdDnflUkWX4LVcDHV1kSWQ0GuAqUn06md0ZJlU2i CQwrO39KIBuMmXSTyCOxxASnh/Pv7F8TCoFEwhUok1OGbtzWrweRtFjPV9sIUExOx2RW sxRmQeeUPb1622GXsP0bRsaUPcvgSyHehEI3A+R/nn1eWL9n8Ib79hBmvAiJLamMoNcW YSVA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyyVX8XuJCTZuND+DWbO3TiCCCfvC2Wq8w/0PLVtISEBbTl+ljz e3EKQz0iQiY/SSrbdHb1VwCX3QA/Hv0H06bLe+nNRSEilo7sxg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFqMkOtKAIVtI5g9Fd4tmeRRPYXYnpM7CaUysEuhEiepZVRSJn3zLX/xEWswqV7KarKXfyF3RPkKCWFOs/26uM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6602:2acb:b0:799:36c2:fa49 with SMTP id m11-20020a0566022acb00b0079936c2fa49mr660678iov.15.1697497248924; Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:00:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202310100335 DOT 39A3Zn6W3486400 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <97512b73-5c20-b743-1127-1a6c2a5e0061 AT neurotica DOT com> In-Reply-To: From: "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:30:37 +1030 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] is geda dead yet? --- import geda's schematics or PCB's board layouts into KiCad To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id 39GN0qdO003555 Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com indeed, pcb-rnd has full support for the legacy gEDA PCB format, and can save in kicad format, but a word of caution, kicad's somewhat broken data model and DRC will not cope well with copper arcs, so conversion to kicad can not be guaranteed lossless, i.e. see https://forum.kicad.info/t/set-net-for-arc-on-copper-layer/31220/5 Regards, Erich On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 8:41 AM John Griessen (john AT ecosensory DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > > On 10/11/23 19:29, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > > Sometimes a client will contact me years later and request a variation of an existing design. There's no practical way (none that > > I've found anyway) to import geda's schematics or PCB's board layouts into KiCad > > > pcb-rnd can be used as a translator even if you don't use it as a tool for design. > >