[Discuss] [geda-user] Any news about FOSS EDA coordination? Import/export, common file format

[timofonic timofonic]

Madparts seems inactively developed...
On Jun 14, 2015 6:09 PM, "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 at gmail.com)" <
geda-user at delorie.com> wrote:

> My kicad to gEDA utility with a bit of work could do export to kicad after
> reading geda files.
>
> Although http://madparts.org/  looks like a more advanced possible
> contender for a universal format. I am thinking of getting my hands dirty
> and helping him with a GEDA export module.
>
> My latest standalone utility exports to either legacy kicad or geda -
> there really isn't that much difference between them, especially if using
> mm units.
>
> https://github.com/erichVK5/SpiralInductorFootprintGenerator
>
>
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> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Ouabache Designworks (z3qmtr45 at gmail.com)
> <geda-user at delorie.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:40 AM, timofonic timofonic (timofonic at gmail.com)
>> <geda-user at delorie.com> wrote:
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>>> Oh, the idea looked promising...
>>>
>>> So what about kicad and geda supporting both formats at least? What
>>> about sharing the same library? :)
>>>
>>
>> I have had some success using a Database as the center of my toolset.
>> Create  tools to read kicad and gEDA libs into a database  as well as tools
>> to dump out the database in either format and you have an instant universal
>> translater. You might need some sort of fixer program that could modify the
>> database to fix any issues.
>>
>> John Eaton
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