Hi all, after converting schematics to kicad I had in mind to migrate all layout as well, but I really didn't have the time (or didn't feel like) to actually do it.
So if someone experienced with kicad could import all gerbers (that's the easy part) and match it with the schematics, I would be immensely grateful.
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Hi Alberto, did you ever get anyone to help with this ?
I'm keen if not. While importing the gerbers is all well and good it'd be better to have the pcbnew version of the project available - make it easier to adjust components footprints etc.
Kind regards.
Vince
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I had to do a lot of moving around A LOT of copper zone edges as many points where placed at kicads 0,0 board origin (a bug in PCB-RND).
Anyway all the connections seem valid. It would be helpful to me and others who would like to help if you made individual kicad files for the PCB's. We could the concentrate on each board individually (and cross reference each Kicad file with each PCB file). There is a LOT of cleaning up of the track to do and the copper zones need reviewing and tidying up. I have attached the kicad file to this post.
Actually I have already done the conversion and a more general rearrangement directly in Kicad.
I will release it maybe in the next month.
But thanks for the effort!
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Hi all, after converting schematics to kicad I had in mind to migrate all layout as well, but I really didn't have the time (or didn't feel like) to actually do it.
So if someone experienced with kicad could import all gerbers (that's the easy part) and match it with the schematics, I would be immensely grateful.
https://forum.kicad.info/t/gerber-to-kicad-mod/5216
https://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=61324.0
Hi Alberto, did you ever get anyone to help with this ?
I'm keen if not. While importing the gerbers is all well and good it'd be better to have the pcbnew version of the project available - make it easier to adjust components footprints etc.
Kind regards.
Vince
oops found the Kicad project. Will have a play.
Hi,
I have opened Oprog.pcb in the latest version of PCB-RND
http://repo.hu/projects/pcb-rnd/
and saved the board in the latest Kicad PCB format ( S expression).
I was then able to open this file in the latest version of Kicad (5.1.6_1)
https://kicad-pcb.org/download/
I had to do a lot of moving around A LOT of copper zone edges as many points where placed at kicads 0,0 board origin (a bug in PCB-RND).
Anyway all the connections seem valid. It would be helpful to me and others who would like to help if you made individual kicad files for the PCB's. We could the concentrate on each board individually (and cross reference each Kicad file with each PCB file). There is a LOT of cleaning up of the track to do and the copper zones need reviewing and tidying up. I have attached the kicad file to this post.
David.
Bovingdon,
Hemel Hempstead.
UK.
Actually I have already done the conversion and a more general rearrangement directly in Kicad.
I will release it maybe in the next month.
But thanks for the effort!
Thanks. I look forward to taking a look at the files.