Support For KiCad Interface?
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Category: PCB Footprint Expert
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Forum Description: issues and technical support
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Printed Date: 18 Nov 2024 at 6:35pm
Topic: Support For KiCad Interface?
Posted By: dwaltoneng
Subject: Support For KiCad Interface?
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2013 at 4:03am
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Has anyone used PCB Footprint Expert with KiCad? Perhaps exporting to an intermediate format like eagle and then into KiCad? |
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Posted By: Tom H
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2013 at 8:13am
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I have never heard of KiCad. Does it have an ASCII import / export? Do they have a Lite or Demo version? Is it free? Does KiCad import other CAD tool library files? Download here - http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download+Kicad" rel="nofollow - http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download+Kicad ------------- Stay connected - follow us! https://twitter.com/PCBLibraries" rel="nofollow - X - http://www.linkedin.com/company/pcb-libraries-inc-/" rel="nofollow - LinkedIn |
Posted By: dwaltoneng
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2013 at 7:25pm
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Importing from Eagle is mentioned - http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Frequently+Asked+Questions#FrequentlyAskedQuestions-HowdoIimportlibrariesfromotherPCBprograms" rel="nofollow - http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Frequently+Asked+Questions#FrequentlyAskedQuestions-HowdoIimportlibrariesfromotherPCBprograms ? You also need Eagle to run this though. |
Posted By: Gibson486
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2015 at 5:12am
| Any update on this? |
Posted By: chrisa_pcb
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2015 at 10:43am
| For right now, outputting through the Eagle translator to the ULP is your best bet. |
Posted By: cbonsig
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 9:12am
| I have tried this, and I've managed to get as far as the UDP export from Eagle, but I have not managed to get a footprint into KiCad. If anyone has done this successfully, can you post a workflow on how to get from PCB Library Expert Lite > Eagle > UDP > KiCad? |
Posted By: chrisa_pcb
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2015 at 10:29am
| As far as I know, no one has done it and we don't currently support KiCad natively. |
Posted By: ttait
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2015 at 8:29pm
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Posted By: cioma
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2015 at 3:16am
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Latest versions of KiCad claim to support Eagle footprints natively (read-only) |