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Re: Routing algorithm used in PCB

 

Documentation of code or the usage of Kicad? I see that there is already
documentation on the user guide.

Would be happy if Kicad transitions to python or other web technologies.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <
fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Arun,
> if yu like you can contribute with the documentation.
>
> Regards
> Fabrizio
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Arun Kumar <arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I don't know C++ so unable  to contribute and I want to build my own FOSS
>> app with the languages I know. I always wanted to contribute to an existing
>> project there  isn't a proper documentation about the source code. Have to
>> go through hundreds and thousands of lines of code to understand where they
>> have implemented a specific functionality.
>>
>> I browsed the folders of the source code of Kicad but unable to
>> understand what routing techniques are used and the code associated with
>> it. I  found  a folder with name algorithm but couldn't understand how
>> they're working with the parts.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arun
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:04 PM, José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> You already established that you want to extract techniques from kicad
>>> for your own project instead of contributing. The code is all there in the
>>> repo, free to use under the GPL.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:41 AM, Arun Kumar <arunkumar413@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Team,
>>>>
>>>> Which PCB routing algorithm are used in PCB designing in Kicad?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Arun
>>>>
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