KICAD help anyone?

Still there, just downloaded 4.0.6

Hack-a-Day has an article on importing Eagle brd and sch.

Cheers

DAMN! The shitiest site ever! Almost ZERO contrast; impossible to read as-is. So, pray tell how do i find that article? (Since i am a Baer) fur example what title do i look for? ...933 Results fur "eagle to kicad" Viewed about 150 titles, Kicad not mentioned. ...743 Results fur "kicad" Viewed about 150 titles, Eagle mentioned, a few articles,not useful: Project log from snapVCC Moved to kicad Moved from EAGLE to kicad with help from -- NOPE!

Hacker page by oshpark Native Kicad upload Continuing with our goal to simplify Open -- NOPE!

There were more projects following these, but still no cigar.

Help? thanks.

I find th ebest way to search most web sites is by using Google.

Check the third hit.

Thanks. Have 5.12.0; so scheme not viable.

Then i got the (recent) student version which i found 120% useless, so tossed it. That was an unstated 64-bit win7 app. My PC hardware will not accept 64-bit stuff; Win7 crashes early during OS install. In fact, i had to do a bit of fudging to get 32-bit Win7 running, and more junk to get all of it working.

I thought to try making Gerbers, but that fails (wheel has no apertures). DOA.

I seem to recall the older version of Gerber files put the apertures in a separate file. Can you look for that?

But I don't know how Gerbers will be of much help. I don't think there is a way to go from Gerber to layout is there?

Well. I am un-impressed. Extremely difficult if not impossible to create even a simple board outline. CONTINUOUS mouse movements necessary else get jaggies and discontinuous pieces.

NO WAY TO EDIT via given program. Had to use a text editor to fix the .kicad_pcb file to properly fix the "(gr_line (start..." lines.

The "help" doc is in error; one CANNOT "zero" or reset co-ordinates with the space-bar (ignored).

There are NO mounting holes in the 3.86 to 4.04 mm region; no other size will do for the Mouser 561-MTP500 "ball" top post, which are perfect for snap-in mounting of a PCB (#21 drill).

Diodes.THT DO-15 P2.54 mm looks shorted; and the pads look too damn large; a standard layout in other CAD programs give up to 0.1 spacing allowance.

Cannot select ANY footprint.

Yes, Kicad is Really Swift.

Hack-day site is almost total sh*t; damn-near black font on black background. Impossible to find article inside UL. "Instructions" set a very high bar, seriously inhibiting usefulness.

Well. I am un-impressed. Extremely difficult if not impossible to create even a simple board outline. CONTINUOUS mouse movements necessary else get jaggies and discontinuous pieces.

NO WAY TO EDIT via given program. Had to use a text editor to fix the .kicad_pcb file to properly fix the "(gr_line (start..." lines.

The "help" doc is in error; one CANNOT "zero" or reset co-ordinates with the space-bar (ignored).

There are NO mounting holes in the 3.86 to 4.04 mm region; no other size will do for the Mouser 561-MTP500 "ball" top post, which are perfect for snap-in mounting of a PCB (#21 drill).

Diodes.THT DO-15 P2.54 mm looks shorted; and the pads look too damn large; a standard layout in other CAD programs give up to 0.02 spacing allowance.

Cannot select ANY footprint.

Yes, Kicad is Really Swift.

That's for sure. I go nearly blind reading that crap site. They know this bothers people and have indicated they don't care. At least I recall reading this somewhere, but I can't recall where. It is hard to imagine they have not received a ton of feedback on the colors.

What is a UL?

Not sure what this means.