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Congratulations for this wonderful plugin !

It increases the features of SprintLayout by a huge margin, it is a must have plugin !

As we say in French: "Bravo" ...

Hello, I have been using SL for years and I have never faced this issue: When I export the Gerber files then zip them to upload on the JLCPCB website, the preview of the PCB shows the entire working area (that includes the PCB + the comments that I write next to the PCB to remind me different things...

You will have to delete these zones and you can see the layout-elements which were covered. How can I delete these zones ? You may also activate the automatic-ground-plane in Sprint-Layout for C1 and C2. I very often use Ground planes, but I activate them manually by clicking on the icon, see attac...

Hi, I try to import my first Gerber files (I usually only export Gerber's from SL8), and I get a total mess ! I have joined the Gerber's files that come from Elektor magazine, so they are supposed to be good. Gerber_XR2206-Function-Generator_PCB_XR2206-Function-Generator_2024-06-25.zip The Gerber ZI...

Hi, I use both sPlan 8.0 and SprintLayout 6.0. I have asked how to insert the [ FilePath + FileName ] in a sheet on a sPlan diagram, in this topic: https://forum.abacom-online.de/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=20307#p20307 I have the same question regarding SprintLayout: I would like to add [FilePath+FileNa...

I didn't but I going to start a topic.

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Thank you VERY much Hardy: it is a perfect solution !

I am also looking for a similar function with Sprint Layout, in order too have the full "Pathname+Filepath" close to the PCB design: do you know a similar solution on Sprint Layout ??

Thank you

Hi, I use sPlan 8.0 and I suggest an improvement that is probably easy to implement in a future update: I would like to have " Copy full Path+Name" function from the Edit Menu, in order to quickly paste it in a Text field of the schematic: this helps to find the file when we just have the printout. ...

Thank you very much ! (sorry for my late reply but I don't receive the notification of replies from the forum).

Sorry for my late reply, but I don't receive the "notifications of reply" from the forum : I don't know why ! Here is my Generic VQFN-20 footprint: VQFN-20.LMK Here is my Footprint for the TPS7A4701 Positive Voltage Regulator (one of the very best VR): TPS7A4701 PositiveTexas.LMK Here is my Footprin...

Not yet, but I made a wrong manipulation, so the version 1.5.2. does work for importing the Footprints from Kicad 8.0.

What is the procedure for upgrading Sprinfont from version 1.5.2 to 1.5.4 ?

Thanks and congratulations again for this must have plugin !

This plugin is so amazing : it allows us to import any footprint from the huge Kicad librairy.... I have been using it since it has been released (v1.5.2), to import the "name of footprint.kicad_mod" files, from Kicad 6.0 , but I have recently tried to import a "kicad_mod" file from Kicad 8.0, and I...

I have done this manually one after one.

Subject is solved for me.

Hello, I use sPLAN 8.0 and I have dowloaded a lot of additional symbols. Some of them are in the ".LIB" format, so it is easy to add them to the Librairies folder, in order to have a good organization from the sPlan interface. But some of them are provided as ".spl" format that we can display from s...

Problem solved by creating exclusion areas on the Ground plane: this progressively drives you to the problem...

Thanks

Hello, I have been using SL for years, but for the first time I face a problem that I can't solve: I have a short circuit (+5V and GND are linked together) and I do not manage to find in which location the problem is ! Do you have a tip, or a recommended approach to identify where I have made a mist...

Thank you very much Hal90009: this is exactly what I was looking for !

Hi,

I know that it is possible but I don't remind how...

I would like to remove just a part of the ground plane, or define an area in which there is no ground plane : look at the attached photo.

How can I achieve that ?

Thank you veyr much,

I have found a solution: you just have to install the Sprint Layout plugin named "Sprintfoot" that allows to import any footprint from Kicad.

This plugin is a "must have" plugin, giving access to the huge library of footprints from Kicad !

@cdhigh:

I will test the advanced features later, but for the time being I have just imported a few SMD footprints from Kicad, and your plugin is excellent !!
A must-have plugin: congratulations !!