| ID: | 289 |
| From: | James Battat <jb...@wellesley.edu> |
| Date: | Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:12:41 -0500 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] gsch2pcb-rnd bugs and refactoring |
| in-reply-to: | 288 from ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| replies: | 292 from ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
>> Are there downsides to using the ?import schematics? option in = pcb-rnd (or pcb), >> as opposed to gsch2pcb(-rnd)? >=20 > Conceptually no. It's the GUI user vs. Makefiles. Evan and I are more = the Makefile type of users so we prefer gsch2pcb-rnd. I like having both options (command line and gui), and especially = appreciate that with gEDA I can exercise functionality through a = Makefile. e.g. I generate board and schematic documentation (pdfs of = schematic and board, png of board rendering, etc, with =E2=80=9Cmake = doc=E2=80=9D). Ditto for gerber generation (and renaming to match = particular fab house filename conventions). =20 And I originally used gsch2pcb for exactly that reason. But then it = occurred to me that I was forced to use the GUI anyway (to update the = netlist). Since the gsch2pcb path required effort on both the GUI and = the command line anyway, I switched over to =E2=80=9Cimport = schematics=E2=80=9D which only required one. I would be equally (more?) happy to do a single step operation from the = command line (e.g. switch from pcb-rnd to a command line, run "make = board=E2=80=9D and then switch back to pcb-rnd and see the layout update = to match the new schematic). So I was particularly interested in the = following from your last email: > (gsch2pcb-rnd will probably become single step too, today, at least = for the GUI-part). I=E2=80=99m looking forward to hearing more about this. Bigger picture, I=E2=80=99ve been *really* impressed with the pace of = development on pcb-rnd. It=E2=80=99s a pleasure to be part of this = supportive, responsive community. James=
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289 Re: [pcb-rnd] gsch2pcb-rnd bugs and refactoring from James Battat <jb...@wellesley.edu>
292 Re: [pcb-rnd] gsch2pcb-rnd bugs and refactoring from ge...@igor2.repo.hu
293 Re: [pcb-rnd] gsch2pcb-rnd bugs and refactoring from James Battat <jb...@wellesley.edu>