I am trying to create a simple circuit board for my students to practice soldering. I found the LED, the coin cell battery holder but not the push buttons my school bought. I tried to make one but am pulling my hair out. Can anyone give advise, or create this part for me?
From Hawaii…Thanks Matthew
Thanks. I got the buttons from eBay so attached is the info I was able to find. Hopefully someone can help.
As for the tutorials, I’ll keep trying…I would love to learn how to do it myself.
Aloha!
Here’s another screen shot…might be some useful info too.
This is as far as I’ve got
There is some trick when you edit a part in Inkscape.
Somehow you have to make sure common bits of the drawing stay in their XML categories - copper bits in the copper section -.
If you work it out can you tell me.
Thanks…I’m still working on it…no success yet.
How far have you got, and where are you getting stuck?
I have tried to follow the tutorials on Sparkfun and other sites…it’s just not making sense.
I have no idea where you are getting stuck so I’ll just give you the links I used :-
http://fritzing.org/learning/tutorials/creating-custom-parts/
http://fritzing.org/fritzings-graphic-standards/#download
http://fritzing.org/learning/tutorials/creating-custom-parts/providing-part-graphics/
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/make-your-own-fritzing-parts
Grey,
I am really busy and I hate to do this but take a look at this Forum where I explained how I made a few parts for fritzing.
I hope to make a video before Jan 1st to share. I think I can make almost anything now, it just takes me a long time.
Greetings,
I am working on creating some SMD PCB layouts in Inkscape. The problem I have is that when I open an existing PCB part in Inkscape the layers for the copper connections do not show up in my layer tree (window).
If I open the XML editor in Inkscape I can see the “layers”. Does anyone have any ideas on how to transfer these to my layer window? the main reason I want to do this is it is easier to work with the layers if they are present in the layer tree.
Side Note: If I open th…
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20327&p=76831#p76831
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=20458&p=77166#p77166
Hey Grey,
Thanks for that stuff…I’ll keep playing around with it. Gotta tinker, right?
Peace,