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is just a working document gathering information from the mailing list
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in an easy-to-reference manner. It is by no means cast in stone.
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- Easy way to transfer schematics and PCB layout to other FOSS tools.
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- Procedure to accurately transfer schematics and PCB layout to and
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from other ECAD tools (guaranteed supportable for other FOSS tools;
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proprietary tools not so much). Extra points for true reversability.
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- IPC-356 netlist export, which is used by board fab houses to drive
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their flying probe electrical test equipment.
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- Integrated push-and-shove router (or at least push/walkaround mode).
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docker window with footprint/symbol viewer.
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- Scriptable constraint editor. There are constraint categories, like
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Length, Width, Clearance where the user can specify the acceptable
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values and also the conditions (using the scripting langugage) under
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values and also the conditions (using the scripting language) under
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which the constraint is checked.
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- Common shell for schematic editor and PCB layout applications. There
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is no consensus on this one, to be discussed. One advantage of the
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