http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/ kicad-users Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:14:13 GMT josh_eeg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6287 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6287 the other way around could also be neat. I think you would have to know about how the files are saved I know kicad has a open text format. Proably lots of fun Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:06 GMT josh_eeg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6286 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6286 Kicad folder with project in it & libraries with Rabit SVN in ubuntu. I have shared my project with a group as a open source project it will be fully open Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:05:56 GMT phantastro http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6285 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6285 Thanks for your help and attention! My objective was to pass a finished project to someone else (or me) to use as the basis for their own (or my) new project Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:08 GMT Greg Dyess http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6284 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6284 There is an option to "archive" a project.  I think it is under the "File" menu.  You can then take that archive file to another computer and restore it Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:08:26 GMT Pedro Martin http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6283 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6283 Hi, I have all my projects in my home and office computers. The only thing I do is to copy the whole project folder from a computer to another. All components Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:53:13 GMT josh_eeg http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6282 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6282 I think this is what I did so their was not errors in GERBv I used something like smaller headers option when I plotted or made the drill files. This made it Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:37:33 GMT jean-pierre.charras@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6281 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6281 ... files generated by pcbnew. He finds that there are commas in the gerber files, I believe this is incorrect. Has anyone else seen similar problems? Is there Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:13:22 GMT phantastro http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6280 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6280 How do I make a project portable, so that I can either give it to someone else, or use the project as the basis for starting a new one with a different name? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:18 GMT kajdas http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6279 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6279 ... I think you mean 'click-and-drag'. It works on Kicad, and the way I do it is to right-click on a trace, select trace if there are multiple items, select Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:43:22 GMT Anders Gustafsson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6278 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6278 I really must look into freerouter then. FWIW, the router in KiCad is decent, so I generally use it, after having laid down the critical tracks manually. It Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:55 GMT Carlos Camargo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6277 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6277 Thanks a lot for your answers Robert, I'm testing FreeRouter Best Regards Carlos ... -- Carlos Iván Camargo Bareño Profesor Asistente Departamento de Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:00 GMT Robert http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6276 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6276 ... I know there has been some discussion on this. When I started using KiCAD I hit this same issue and just knuckled down to adding a narrow dummy track to Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:59:33 GMT Carlos Camargo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6275 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6275 Hi Robert Thanks for your answer. ... Yes, you're right, but when I assign a net to a zone (GND for example ) the tool show the pads connected to this zone, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:33:56 GMT Robert http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6274 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6274 ... KiCAD allows you to assign any net to a zone using the zone property dialog (that appears when you create or edit a zone). ... Personally I've never Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:56:11 GMT Carlos Camargo http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6273 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6273 Hi I'm new with Kicad, I want to know if right now is possible make the following actions: 1. Using zones for connectivity 2. Auto-route 3. Pads with "special"