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Date: | Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:52:09 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] [OT] looking for a PADS layout person |
From: | "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> |
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Mitch Davis (mjd+geda-user AT hackvana DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > Hi Spacefalcon, > > (still OT) > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw > <falcon AT ivan DOT harhan DOT org> wrote: >> >> >> deal with the nasty proprietary EDA tools out of necessity rather than >> choice. >> >> needs to be done in PADS, because [gEDA] does not >> currently support blind and buried vias > > > There's a flaw in your logic (false dichotomy): Saying that it has to be > done in PADS because gEDA can't do what you want, doesn't allow for options > which are open source, but will do what you want. > > FWIW, KiCad supports blind and buried vias (and plated slots), and is open > source. And it also has a mode where you can set the background to be an > image, which you can then trace over when laying out the board. That image > could be a bitmap of a board done in another tool. It's a useful tool when > recovering designs done in older proprietary software. (Curiously enough, > the Openmoko team, and in particular, Wolfgang Spraul, were quite keen on > KiCad) If you are going to do that just print the schematic as ps and then use pstoedit to convert it to pcb format. I have used this in the past for simple things. > Mitch. -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/
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