Comments on: KYE-cad? KEY-cad? kay-EYE-cad? http://leaflabs.com/2010/06/kye-cad-key-cad-kay-eye-cad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kye-cad-key-cad-kay-eye-cad Sat, 12 May 2012 21:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: josh w http://leaflabs.com/2010/06/kye-cad-key-cad-kay-eye-cad/comment-page-1/#comment-252 josh w Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:09:41 +0000 http://leaflabs.com/?p=1009#comment-252 also freeroute I used to autoroute things it works good just turn off optimise if you don't have a lot of time & think it looks neat. The curvy autorouter in PCB of geda I would be interested in trying but the interface to it seems still experamental and command line based. also freeroute I used to autoroute things it works good just turn off optimise if you don’t have a lot of time & think it looks neat.

The curvy autorouter in PCB of geda I would be interested in trying but the interface to it seems still experamental and command line based.

]]> By: josh w http://leaflabs.com/2010/06/kye-cad-key-cad-kay-eye-cad/comment-page-1/#comment-251 josh w Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:07:15 +0000 http://leaflabs.com/?p=1009#comment-251 The kicad forums were incredably fast and helpful. If the realy useful info that was found in the forums went into the documentation here it could help document another opensource project & bring hits from both places. I was able to get a script from the forums that turned my logo into a silk screen module file and have my logo on the back of my board. Yea it is cheezy but I liked it. :) Vias: why not make a module of the vias you wanted? That way it is more organised & if it mapps to your schematic a symbol to gnd. Then it would go through nice. Process flow I like in kicad a lot. You didn't have to know the phisical components like in eagle first. drill sizes when you make the pads or modules in the module editor in the pcb making screen same place as the schematic symbol editor. Thanks! I like kicad and use it & will never switch back to eagle. The java module maker & webpage schematic symbol maker work great & save me a lot of time. The kicad forums were incredably fast and helpful.
If the realy useful info that was found in the forums went into the documentation here it could help document another opensource project & bring hits from both places.

I was able to get a script from the forums that turned my logo into a silk screen module file and have my logo on the back of my board.

Yea it is cheezy but I liked it. :)

Vias: why not make a module of the vias you wanted? That way it is more organised & if it mapps to your schematic a symbol to gnd. Then it would go through nice. Process flow I like in kicad a lot. You didn’t have to know the phisical components like in eagle first.

drill sizes when you make the pads or modules in the module editor in the pcb making screen same place as the schematic symbol editor.

Thanks! I like kicad and use it & will never switch back to eagle.

The java module maker & webpage schematic symbol maker work great & save me a lot of time.

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