http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/ kicad-users Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:00:34 GMT N9GOD http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6233 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6233 Bernd has done a very nice job on this manual. There are some issues with different terminology in the various language versions. For the life of me, I cannot Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:36:08 GMT Bernd Wiebus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6232 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6232 Hello ... I had the same problem at the beginning, when i started to write my own library. So i wrote a manual about editing symbols (i did not yet something Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:46 GMT Donald Weissgerber http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6231 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6231 Here are the steps I follow: 1. Open the library editor. 2. Select the desired library 3. If editing a part, select the desired part number 4. Open (or create) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:24:26 GMT partikkelfysiker http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6230 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6230 Hi! I had (have) a similar problem, that I just now solved. Pretty new to kicad btw, but hope this helps. Juan's answer and a bit of luck (or a streak of Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:21:01 GMT rhulley69 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6229 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6229 Hi I'm a fairly experienced pcb designer but am new to kicad and have been struggling to create parts with the library editor. I want to use parts from Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:16 GMT Juan Gonzalez http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6228 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6228 Hi, I would like to share with you the Skypic board: http://fotos.iearobotics.com/index.php?album=skypic-2009&image=Skypic-2009-2.jpg It is a rather an old Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:18 GMT Andy Eskelson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6227 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6227 Well, there is an faq in the file list of this group. Log into the group using the yahoo web interface and you will find them. There are also copies of the Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:46:48 GMT eldonb46 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6226 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6226 The home page says: Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Where are the FAQ's, search reveals more questions about Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:23:45 GMT mr_scary911 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6225 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6225 What would be great would be a repeat last function hot key. That way, be it rotate attribute or delete segment or what ever, you would select it the first Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:05:20 GMT andrwpodm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6224 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6224 Ok. I had this problem before but after searching the messages for a possible solution I thought I had found it, but to no avail. Everytime I create a zone and Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:50:54 GMT andrwpodm http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6223 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6223 For some reason, I cant get filled zones to show on my board in the 3D viewer. Any reasons why? They dont even show as filled zones in PCBNEW, which seems odd, Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:49:10 GMT oecherexpat http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6222 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6222 Hi Rob, Didn't stumble across it when I was filing a bug last time. But I am not sure whether it is my lack of undrestanding or actually a bug. However, you Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:17:54 GMT Andy Eskelson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6221 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6221 If it is of any interest mega UK have resist coated brass sheet, which was specifically requested by a few people on another conferencing system I use, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:06:02 GMT Rob Frohne http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6220 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6220 Hi Brian, et. al., Do you know if Kicad uses only apertures or does it also draw pads? The reason I ask, is that it would be easy to change the apertures, but Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:02 GMT Brian Sidebotham http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6219 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/6219 ... Hi Rob, I don't think you can at the moment. We send the paste layers to a laser cutting company who then do the pad reductions for us. Generally the