Generating GenCAD output

[Koenraad Lelong]

Hi,

I would like to use Kicad in our company. One requirement I have is
GenCAD output. Kicad has GenCAD output, but I think it has some bugs.
Is there someone who can import GenCAD and view the result ? I'm using
CircuitCAM. I know of another (free) viewer (ProntoView-Markup), but
that doesn't show my main problem : rectangular SMD-pads. They are
wrong, I looked at the source-file and I found the error, I think. I
corrected this and now I have a good result. I would like to have
someone verify if it is indeed good, according to the GenCAD-spec it
should be. Unfortunately, that ProntoView-Markup does not show the real
pads, only a representation, a square dot.

In march I sent a patch to Jean-Pierre Charras but it didn't get
included in the new version. How can I send a patch ? Or do I just send
the whole source-file ?

Another bug I think is arcs in component outlines. In CircuitCAM they
show wrong. I'm looking into it, but I don't know enough C++ and the
structure of the data to be any good.

Regards,

Koenraad Lelong.


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[jean-pierre.charras]

Post by Koenraad Lelong
Hi,
I would like to use Kicad in our company. One requirement I have is
GenCAD output. Kicad has GenCAD output, but I think it has some bugs.
Is there someone who can import GenCAD and view the result ? I'm using
CircuitCAM. I know of another (free) viewer (ProntoView-Markup), but
that doesn't show my main problem : rectangular SMD-pads. They are
wrong, I looked at the source-file and I found the error, I think. I
corrected this and now I have a good result. I would like to have
someone verify if it is indeed good, according to the GenCAD-spec it
should be. Unfortunately, that ProntoView-Markup does not show the real
pads, only a representation, a square dot.
In march I sent a patch to Jean-Pierre Charras but it didn't get
included in the new version. How can I send a patch ? Or do I just send
the whole source-file ?
Another bug I think is arcs in component outlines. In CircuitCAM they
show wrong. I'm looking into it, but I don't know enough C++ and the
structure of the data to be any good.
Regards,
Koenraad Lelong.

I forgot your patch, Sorry.
I committed it in the testing branch.

There are some changes in Gencad export, so try to test gencad export with the lastest testing version (BZR 2549)
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[Koenraad Lelong]

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Post by jean-pierre.charras

Post by Koenraad Lelong
Another bug I think is arcs in component outlines. In CircuitCAM they
show wrong. I'm looking into it, but I don't know enough C++ and the
structure of the data to be any good.
Regards,
Koenraad Lelong.

I forgot your patch, Sorry.
I committed it in the testing branch.
There are some changes in Gencad export, so try to test gencad export
with the lastest testing version (BZR 2549)

Hi Jean-Pierre,

Can I send you a personal mail with board with one component containing
arcs, the original GenCAD, and my manually edited file with the arcs how
they should be ?
According to the gencad-spec, an arc is defined as <coordinate of start
of arc> <coordinate of end of arc> <coordinate of center of arc>. I
looked at the source and I found the place where arcs are exported, but
I don't understand it to repair the bug.

And I didn't try the new version yet. I didn't find where I could
download the sources of it.

Regards,

Koenraad.


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