Re: gEDA-user: Google Summer of Code 2011

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John, 

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> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Griessen
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:17 PM
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> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Google Summer of Code 2011
> 
> On 03/05/2011 05:04 AM, Peter Clifton wrote:
> > It depends on the primitives used - but I expect it is not too hard 
> > either way. SVG does of course support a lot of things 
> which RS-274X 
> > cannot though.
> 
> OK.  YOU can make SVG that is easily translatable, but if you 
> had a footprint tool that used it because so much content is 
> available from other sources, you might get the outlined 
> content very often and have to convert it to stroked lines.  
> Having a translator would enable using SVG, but using SVG 
> would not allow importing-to-PCB of any kind of drawn trace 
> until you created an outline-filling-in routine so you have 
> the RS-274X compatible stroked line primitives.
> 
> So, the essence of what's needed to get more easy use of 
> existing drawing tools like inkscape is a SVG<-->PCB 
> translator with an outline-filling-in routine.
> 
> Then you could make a stand alone tool based on inkscape if 
> coding seemed easier that way.
> Otherwise basing it on PCB, (requiring scheme and maybe C to 
> do it), is it.
> 
> John
> 
> 

FWIW, I'm trying to code a pcb footprint plug into the existing Kicad module
editor "fped"

Have a clone at:

https://github.com/bert/fped.git

It's currently still a work in progress: I have to split up the multifile
Kicad modules and cross check the whole thing over.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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