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| -rw-r--r-- | .gitignore | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | convert.sh | 8 |
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@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ rev03-Altium git-init.sh altium2kicad +hardware +rev03-KiCad/Cryptech Alpha.kicad_pcb.* +.idea +rev03-KiCad/wrlshp @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and the altium2kicad project from Current status -------------- +NOTE: The latest stable KiCAD version as of this writing is 4.0.7 - it does +NOT include necessary support for stitching vias. Install KiCAD nightly build +to work with the Cryptech Alpha PCB. + The schematics are successfully converted. All the copper layers convert reasonably well. The challenges are mostly @@ -27,8 +27,15 @@ cd ${altiumdir} rename 's/rev02_/rev02_0/' rev02_?.* ../altium2kicad/unpack.pl +# Create WRL files using FreeCAD, unless wrl-files.tar.gz already exists +# (and I've checked that file into the repository so that you do not have +# to install FreeCAD). +# Something is not 100% working in the step2wrl.FCMacro file, so you have +# to close all the FreeCAD windows that are opened after they finish executing +# the macro. test -f ../wrl-files.tar.gz || ../make-wrl-files.sh tar zxf ../wrl-files.tar.gz + time ../altium2kicad/convertschema.pl time ../altium2kicad/convertpcb.pl @@ -40,6 +47,7 @@ cp ${altiumdir}/*.{sch,lib} "${kicaddir}"/ rm ${kicaddir}/rev02*-cache.lib cp ${altiumdir}/CrypTech-PcbDoc.kicad_pcb "${kicaddir}/Cryptech Alpha.kicad_pcb" cp -rp ${altiumdir}/wrlshp ${kicaddir}/wrlshp +# Install prepared KiCAD project file and top-level schematic sheet. cp "Cryptech Alpha.pro.template" "${kicaddir}/Cryptech Alpha.pro" cp "Cryptech Alpha.sch.template" "${kicaddir}/Cryptech Alpha.sch" |