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2011-02-14 by Randy S.
Am I misreading or do I have to but one of the more expensive versions of EAGLE CAD to do a 4 X 10 board? Might have to lay it out by hand .. or is there other software out there good enough to do a 4 KV Power Supply diode full wave bridge board ? I was only going to buy the 49.00 version. But I guess we are limited to small boards? Randy
2011-02-14 by rocko
Kicad http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/ No limitations and is completely open source.
2011-02-14 by Randy S.
ok .. downloaded it on my USB Drive Ubuntu linux distro.. Can I import any of the sch or brd files from Eagle to this ? Randy ________________________________
From: rocko <sunblaster5@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 4:27:13 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Eagle Cad Pricing
Kicad
http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/
No limitations and is completely open source.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-02-14 by Jean-Marc Spaggiari
gEDA. Working A1 for me. Packages are available for Ubuntu too. And I don't know for the eagle import... JM
2011-02-14 by rocko
Unfortunately no. But there is a script that will convert eagle libs to kicad ones. There is an online library of converted eagle libs here: http://library.oshec.org/ There is a ton of info plus great support from the kicad users group at Yahoo. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/
2011-02-14 by Bruce Parham
Randy, Give FreePCB a look-see at www.freepcb.com. Bruce Randy S. wrote:
> Am I misreading or do I have to but one of the more > expensive versions of EAGLE CAD to do a 4 X 10 board? > Might have to lay it out by hand .. or is there other software > out there good enough to do a 4 KV Power Supply diode full > wave bridge board ? I was only going to buy the 49.00 version. > But I guess we are limited to small boards? > > Randy >
2011-02-15 by Randy S.
Downloaded the whole library and think I added it .. But dont really see any difference in the amount of selections.. Ideas?? Randy ________________________________
From: rocko <sunblaster5@...>
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 5:39:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Eagle Cad Pricing
Unfortunately no.
But there is a script that will convert eagle libs to kicad ones.
There is an online library of converted eagle libs here:
http://library.oshec.org/
There is a ton of info plus great support from the kicad users group at
Yahoo.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-02-15 by rocko
Don't add new libs to the same directory as the ones that come with kicad. Always make a new folder and put any new libs into it. Then add the path of the new lib folder in the preferences under eeschema.