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Re: Re: Qucs to KiCAD converter
On Dec 25, 2007 5:18 PM, Magnus Beischer <magnus@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez
>
> Meyer" <perezmeyer@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone! I am writing to both lists because I want to start a
> > qucs-to-kicad converter. My goal is to fullfill the design pipeline
> > starting from simulation to PCB design.
> >
> > I would like you to write any thought you may have about this, and, if
> > possible, to tell me which files in each project have to be
> > read/created, and if any documentation exists (I am trying to do this
> > myself, but the truth is that I did not use qucs nor kicad too much,
> > and I guess that you, being the developers, would have a better
> > undertanding of your code :-) )
> >
> > Roucaries Bastien, from the Qucs project, has pointed me XSLT [0] to
> > do the job. I am thinking in doing the converter to the next qucs
> > major release, based on Qt4.
> >
> > Well, any thought would be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards, Lisandro.
> >
>
> I have written a converter from the TinyCAD schematics application to
> KiCAD pcbnew. If what you want to do is to use Qucs for schematic
> capture and simulation and then KiCAD pcbnew for the layout, looking
> at my code would be enough to write the converter (if you know Qucs...)
>
> My TinyCad to KiCAD conveter is written in Qt 4.1.4.
> http://beischer.com/opencad/
>
> // Magnus
Great! Thank you very much!
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Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer
http://perezmeyer.com.ar/
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