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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Sprintfont plugin v1.5.3 for SL6
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| PhenixRising Guru  Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 857 |
Some time ago, I brought this up and it's very cool. I only wanted it for the fonts but I just now tested the "teardrop" Me likey   |
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| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 857 |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4223 |
And better for pcb manufacturing, and robustness. Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9306 |
OK, I will really have to check this out now!   I have always created my own by just drawing two tracks at 45' that intersect with the track in question:  But the "Proper" teardrop ones look much sexier!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 6783 |
I've loaded it, but TBH the only bit I might use is the teardrop - I rather like that. I don't usually have much use for fonts, although I can see them being of use on front panels. For me, personally, the autorouter looks such a faff that it's probably easier to just learn EasyEDA. For hand routing, which I enjoy doing, I'm not too happy with the curved tracks as you can't really see where they are going to go. Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| v.lenzer Regular Member  Joined: 04/05/2024 Location: GermanyPosts: 49 |
Your post brought me to sprintfont. That was a stroke of luck. The plugin is great. I have been using Sprintlayout for many years and have always been happy with it, especially because I like to route by hand and with my brain. But the features such as importing footprints from kicad and easyEDA are really helpful. I am not entirely happy with the autorouter. Especially because you can only work on the upper layer (as I understand it). I also find the integration of SVG very useful because you can then put a small logo on your PCBs. Or a special form of circuit board outline that you can then CNC mill. Best wishes! Joachim |
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