Re: gEDA-user: Trace Length Tool

[Stephen Meier <smeier@AlchemyResearch.com>]

John DeJournett wrote:

> Hello,
>
> At some time in the past I have seen a request for a tool to calculate 
> trace lengths on a PCB.  Does anybody have such a tool?
>
> As an alternative, I'm trying to import my PCB design into Protel, but 
> they want an IPC-356-D format netlist to translate my net lists.  Any 
> idea how to generate this?  I didn't see it mentioned in the man page 
> for gnetlist.
>
> John DeJournett             
> johnd@fleetwoodgaming.com
John,

I don't they exist yet,  but I think it would be a very usefull 
addition. Trace length matching, Impedence modeling, reflection 
modeling.... all these things are very possible. They are probably the 
next generation of these tools.

Steve M.