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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cirilo,

I tried your patch. I don't see any problems with it, but I just began
wondering why not use a user layer for that purpose, for example the
drawings layer, instead of adding another one to the list.

Allowing the bitmap2component tool to export to another layer than silk
might be nice for people who don't want to edit the text file manually,
however.

Regards,

Carl

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> You know it would be useful for many designs in which the layout is
> crucial. As a hobbyist, I've never done RF, but I messed up a few
> high-frequency switching regulators by not quite following the template
> shown in the datasheet. I give a thumbs up to this patch by Cirilo and will
> try it shortly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl
>
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cirilo
>>
>> That was indeed my problem. I had downloaed the patch earlier, and did
>> not notice the ther files. I applied and built successfullt after I
>> followed the instrucitons in the README.
>>
>> I don't have much to comment on it, I think one needs to try it out on
>> a real design to tell if it is any good in practice. I guess it would be.
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> 2014-11-01 10:48 GMT+01:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> > Hi Nick,
>> >
>> >  I just tried the patch against rev 5247 and had no problems. Did you
>> follow
>> > the instructions in the README file? Thanks for checking out the patch.
>> >
>> > - Cirilo
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Sorry for the late response Cirilo, but I just tried to patch this
>> >> against latest 5241 and get errors, here is a snippet from it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> /home/nickoe/PKGBUILDs/kicad-bzr/src/kicad/bitmap2component/bitmap2cmp_gui.cpp:
>> >> In constructor 'BM2CMP_FRAME::BM2CMP_FRAME(KIWAY*, wxWindow*)':
>> >>
>> >>
>> /home/nickoe/PKGBUILDs/kicad-bzr/src/kicad/bitmap2component/bitmap2cmp_gui.cpp:176:9:
>> >> error: 'm_radio_PCBLayer' was not declared in this scope
>> >>          m_radio_PCBLayer->Enable( true );
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2014-09-29 23:48 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx
>> >:
>> >> > I have put a patch on github to introduce 2 Underlay layers to help
>> with
>> >> > reconstructing
>> >> > PCB artwork from images of existing PCBs. This can be useful for
>> people
>> >> > involved in legacy product support or for people who want to create
>> >> > Gerber
>> >> > files from published artwork in magazines.
>> >> >
>> >> > The patch modifies the bitmap2component tool to allow an image to be
>> >> > placed on the Underlay1 or Underlay2 layer in addition to the past
>> >> > behavior
>> >> > of placing images on the Front.SilkS layer. Generic instructions for
>> >> > applying
>> >> > the patch are in the README.md file from my patch project on github.
>> >> >
>> >> > The patch is available at:
>> >> >
>> >> > https://github.com/cbernardo/kicad-patches
>> >> >
>> >> > I have tested the patch with pcbnew and checked that there are no
>> >> > unintended effects in the print, plot, and export functions of
>> pcbnew.
>> >> > The patch is against rev. 5151
>> >> >
>> >> > - Cirilo
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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