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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 8:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] tools for creating IDF component outlines
> 
> Le 03/02/2014 07:02, Cirilo Bernardo a écrit :
> 
>>  Hi folks,
>> 
>>   I have put a new patch into my github patch repository:
>>  https://github.com/cbernardo/kicad-patches.git
>> 
>>  The patch "idf_tools.patch" was created against rev 4653;
>>  it adds the following tools for creating IDF component outlines:
>> 
>>  1. idfcyl: creates cylindrical outlines in vertical or horizontal
>>  orientation with axial or radial leads
>> 
>>  2. idfrect: creates rectangular outlines which may have axial
>>  leads or a chamfer on the top left corner
>> 
>>  3. dxf2idf: creates an IDF outline from a DXF drawing
>> 
>>  Changes to the code base:
>> 
>>  1. idf.cpp,h were refactored, with components shared by the idf2dxf
>>  tool moved to idf_common.cpp,h in the pcbnew/exporters directory.
>> 
>>  2. At the top level, a "utils" directory was added. The source 
> for the
>>  tools is in utils/idftools.
>> 
>>  Testing:
>>  A number of test shapes were generated to check each tool.
>>  Outlines were created using units of mm and inches and a test board
>>  was created and exported to IDF. The resulting emn and emp files were
>>  loaded in SolidWorks and the appearance, orientation, and dimensions
>>  of the parts were verified.
>> 
>>  These tools make it possible for users to easily create high quality
>>  IDF outlines to represent components of a board exported to IDF.
>>  DXF files can be created using LibreCAD which is available on Linux,
>>  OSX, and MSWin.
>> 
>>  All that's missing now is the documentation; I have something partially
>>  written but it will take some time for me to get the quality similar to
>>  what is in the official documentation repository.
>> 
>>  cheers,
>>  Cirilo
> 
> 
> Committed. Thanks.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 


Thanks Jean-Pierre,

 I think that should complete the essential IDF export features and tools. Now I just need to polish the documentation.

cheers,
Cirilo