Re: gEDA-user: import of PCB models and footprints

[andrew whyte <ajwhyte@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ray,

  For symbols,  I think that you might find
[http://gedasymbols.org/footprints/] useful, I've found a way to view
installed footprints from pcb : "window->Library" shows you the
footprints - but I don't know of a way to do this in gschem (where I
really need to know which footprints I have).

  As for converters:  The question has been asked
[http://www.nabble.com/gEDA-dev:-edif2kicad-and-eagle--%3E-kicad-converters-td14573079.html]
  I have seen eagleCAD to gschem converters online such as this one by
Mythro
[http://blog.mithis.net/archives/pcb/23-eagle2geda-symbol-converter] -
but never got any of them to work.  They tend to be scripts that
someone got to work once, and put out there - there isn't much need to
maintain a one-shot script.  If it's any consolation,  you'd still
have to check a converted footprint (especially if the re

  A while back I looked at the standard for PCB layout:
[http://landpatterns.ipc.org/default.asp], the footprint database is
free, but the eula for the viewer had lots of anti-reverse engineering
clauses.  The database is plaintext and I looked at converting it to
pcb, but gave up when I realised that in order to open the viewer to
check if my conversion was correct, I would violate thier contract.

Kind Regards

Andrew


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On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Ray Schumacher <subscriber100@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Is there a web list of all symbols that come with the install, and
>   more importantly, what types of definitions can be imported?
>   I just got new AD9970 pre-production samples, and Analog provides the
>   footprints for:
>   MultiSim, Orcad, Protel99, Allegr , Boardstation, PowerPCB,
>   Protel99PCB, and Spice Models
>   [1]http://www.analog.com/zh/audiovideo-products/cameracamcorder-analog
>   -front-ends/AD9970/products/symbols-footprints.html?display=popup
>   If this is in the docs somewhere please link me - I couldn't find it.
>   I did see
>   spicelib and it looks interesting, and Python is my main lang now.
>   Thank you,
>   Ray
>
> References
>
>   1. http://www.analog.com/zh/audiovideo-products/cameracamcorder-analog-front-ends/AD9970/products/symbols-footprints.html?display=popup
>
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