Homebrew PCBs

Randy,

On my Ubuntu installation of KiCad, the documentation is in /usr/share/doc/kicad. The tutorial is in the en/ folder; there are a number of demos in the demos/ folder, and instruction manuals in the help/ folder.

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Randy S." <rj3819@...> wrote:
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> when I try the link for the mini-tutorial I get this :
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> The FAQ is fairly informative though .. reading thru that now
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> From: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@...>
> To: Homebrew PCBs <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, February 19, 2011 6:59:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Free PCB question
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> <http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Mini_tutorial> is a great place to 
> start. The basic process is eeschema (make a schematic), cvpcb (associate 
> modules to schematic components), import the netlist to PCBnew to make the pcb. 
> Pretty quick and painless. Each step in the process does one thing only and does 
> it very well. Makes no assumptions about what came before or what comes next, 
> just does what you tell it.
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> It's not like a lot of programs that try to intuit what you are going to do next 
> and get it wrong just enough to completely destroy any advantage that the other 
> correct guessing may have had.
> 
> Donald.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> > From: "Randy S." <rj3819@...>
> > To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:34:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Free PCB question
> > 
> > HOW RUDE !! LMAO .. just kiddin 
> > Well .. I will migrate to one of the others as soon as I have time..
> > I will say one thing about the FreePCB .. 
> > Using that and having to deal with the "nets"
> > has been instructional .. and when making that board .. 
> > I have some "conflicts" where I couldnt attach a wire
> > to a pin on a part because it was on a different net .
> > BUT .. this time .. thanks to everyones patience and
> > kind assistance .. it made sense and I knew what to do to fix it .
> > It kind of reminds me of switches and hubs and segments / collision domains.
> > On the note of OTHER software .. I am playing with KICAD in ubuntu
> > and created a schematic, but when I click on the PCB button ( forget what its 
> > called and I am at work )
> > it opens the board editor with a blank sheet ... shouldnt it bring the 
> >schematic info
> > over into the board layout ? Or is it a manual import type thang ? LOL
> > I'm thinking it should do what Eagle does when you switch to the board
> > editor.
> > 
> > Thanks again all 
> > 
> > Randy - N2CUA
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