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Kobee Studio Major Redesign v1.4.0
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Kobee Studio Major Redesign v1.4.0

https://preview.redd.it/omhsbyj6xbih1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=677375ec664dda32a87bbfdf8ac38c5cb06bbd9f

Hey Everyone, Happy Sunday!

You can now download and update the plugin through KiCad directly using: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrcpuddington/mrcpuddington-kicad-repository/main/repository.json

(Add this to your kicads custom repositories and then navigate to plugins and click install.) Please delete previous installs of kobee studio first

Just pushed a pretty big update with a bunch of new additions:

  • Complete UI redesign to make things easier to see / navigate and allow future expansion
  • mm and mils measurements
  • You are now able to create and upload custom SVGs icons / symbols and use them across your projects (need to update tutorial to explain the best way to create these)
  • You can now create profiles by label type and then recall those profiles which will auto apply settings. Good if you set up labels in a certain way and want to reuse that style across the PCB / projects
    • You can also set profiles as default and opening Kobee studio will have those settings already applied
  • You can now export all of your settings and custom icons into a zip and recover it when required
  • New dark mode UI

Theres quite a bit to go through and i’m in the process of updating docs, but as always would appreciate you guys giving it a go and let me know if there are any issues. Enjoy

Cheers!

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u/apollokobe — 11 days ago
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Kobee Studio Major Redesign v1.4.0

https://preview.redd.it/c38yrp4qwbih1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3e6886bf52c7137178376e189f321f81e5d92ce

Hey Everyone, Happy Sunday!

You can now download and update the plugin through KiCad directly using: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrcpuddington/mrcpuddington-kicad-repository/main/repository.json

(Add this to your kicads custom repositories and then navigate to plugins and click install.) Please delete previous installs of kobee studio first

Just pushed a pretty big update with a bunch of new additions:

  • Completely UI redesign to make things easier to see / navigate and allow future expansion
  • mm and mils measurements
  • You are now able to create and upload custom SVGs icons / symbols and use them across your projects (need to update tutorial to explain the best way to create these)
  • You can now create profiles by label type and then recall those profiles which will auto apply settings. Good if you set up labels in a certain way and want to reuse that style across the PCB / projects
    • You can also set profiles as default and opening Kobee studio will have those settings already applied
  • You can now export all of your settings and custom icons into a zip and recover it when required
  • New dark mode UI

Theres quite a bit to go through and i’m in the process of updating docs, but as always would appreciate you guys giving it a go and let me know if there are any issues. Enjoy

Cheers!

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u/apollokobe — 11 days ago
▲ 7 r/KiCad

Looking for Windows testers for Kobee Studio

Hey everyone! The response on all the platforms has been insane for this, appreciate it. I've been working on transitioning over to the new KiCad API although as having some issues on windows which i believe i have tested and fixed. Would love some testers (Particularly on windows) to download and let me know how you go. The patched release is 1.3.3-Beta

Also if anyone has feature requests or vision on where this could go, id also welcome that!

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u/apollokobe — 15 days ago
▲ 0 r/PCB

Looking for Windows testers for Kobee Studio

Hey everyone! The response on all the platforms has been insane for this, appreciate it. I've been working on transitioning over to the new KiCad API although as having some issues on windows which i believe i have tested and fixed. Would love some testers (Particularly on windows) to download and let me know how you go. The patched release is 1.3.3-Beta

Also if anyone has feature requests or vision on where this could go, id also welcome that!

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u/apollokobe — 15 days ago
▲ 47 r/PCB

Random side quest: I decided KiBuzzard wasn't cutting it for me any more

This is a post for KiCad users, if you're not a KiCad user, keep scrolling :p (New plugin Post)

I've been designing Hardware for quite some time and I spend way more time than i should trying to make silkscreen look good.

We all know and love KiBuzzard and it does what it does well but it hasn't had a feature update since its inception.

I started working on a fork of it a little while ago and it has now progressed into a much more robust feature rich silkscreen designer which i called Kobee Studio.

It uses the same inputs and general layout as KiBuzzard although it now lets you add things like:

  • Icons
  • Component overlays
  • Premade Labels
  • Fully customisable labels
  • 2.54mm header aware labelling
  • QR Codes / Code 128 Barcodes
  • Subtitles with different sizing and fonts

This is mostly a collection of features that I wanted for my own boards, but I’m planning to keep adding to it over time. I want to add templates / presets, highly customisable SVG Artwork import and live resizing, More component aware labelling, greater default connector labelling, board revisioning, KiCad variable text handling and who knows whatever else.

Hopefully some of you find it useful and it saves you from the endless cycle of jumping between KiCad, SVG editors, and image converters just to make a nice-looking silkscreen.

Let me know what you think and if you use it, if you find any issues with it!

I've mostly tested this on Mac but have also done less robust testing on Windows. I haven't done any linux testing yet which i will do in the next week or so. Save before use, I've been using it successfully for a few weeks by YMMV

** If people think its useful ill convert to the new IPC API in preparation for the existing SWIG deprecation in KiCad 11

Github Link: https://github.com/mrcpuddington/kobeestudio

u/apollokobe — 17 days ago
▲ 21 r/KiCad

Random side quest: I decided KiBuzzard wasn't cutting it for me any more

I've been designing Hardware for quite some time and I spend way more time than i should trying to make silkscreen look good.

We all know and love KiBuzzard and it does what it does well but it hasn't had a feature update since its inception.

I started working on a fork of it a little while ago and it has now progressed into a much more robust feature rich silkscreen designer which i called Kobee Studio.

It uses the same inputs and general layout as KiBuzzard although it now lets you add things like:

  • Icons
  • Component overlays
  • Premade Labels
  • Fully customisable labels
  • 2.54mm header aware labelling
  • QR Codes / Code 128 Barcodes
  • Subtitles with different sizing and fonts

This is mostly a collection of features that I wanted for my own boards, but I’m planning to keep adding to it over time. I want to add templates / presets, highly customisable SVG Artwork import and live resizing, More component aware labelling, greater default connector labelling, board revisioning, KiCad variable text handling and who knows whatever else.

Hopefully some of you find it useful and it saves you from the endless cycle of jumping between KiCad, SVG editors, and image converters just to make a nice-looking silkscreen.

Let me know what you think and if you use it, if you find any issues with it!

I've mostly tested this on Mac but have also done less robust testing on Windows. I haven't done any linux testing yet which i will do in the next week or so. Save before use, I've been using it successfully for a few weeks by YMMV

** If people think its useful ill convert to the new IPC API in preparation for the existing SWIG deprecation in KiCad 11

Github Link: https://github.com/mrcpuddington/kobeestudio

u/apollokobe — 17 days ago
▲ 0 r/funny

Delivery driver doesn’t like golden retrievers. 🔊 on!

u/apollokobe — 2 months ago