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+The typical workflows are:
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+Black flows are the most commonly used; grey flows are possible, fully +supported but less often used in practice. Index: src/flow.dot =================================================================== --- src/flow.dot (nonexistent) +++ src/flow.dot (revision 5149) @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +digraph flow { + rankdir=LR + + subgraph in { + rank=same + sch [label="schematics editor\ne.g. gschem"] + } + + subgraph edit { + rank=same + pcb [label="pcb-rnd" shape=octagon width=2 height=2] + lib [lable="local footprint\nlibrary"] + wlib [lable="remote footprint\nlibrary (e.g. on the web)" color=grey fontcolor=grey] + } + + + subgraph out { + rank=same + fab [label="fab house"] + tt [label="etching at home:\ntoner transfer"] + web [label="web page"] + doc [label="printed\ndocumentation"] + } + + subgraph edit { + rank=same + kicad [label="collaboration with\nsomeone using kicad" color=grey fontcolor=grey] + gpcb [label="collaboration with\nsomeone using gEDA/PCB" color=grey fontcolor=grey] + } + + + sch -> pcb [label="fwd annotation"] + pcb -> sch [label="back annotation" color=grey fontcolor=grey] + pcb -> fab [label="e.g. gerber, bom, xy"] + pcb -> tt [label="e.g. ps or png"] + pcb -> web [label="e.g. svg"] + pcb -> doc [label="e.g. ps, eps, png, jpg"] + + lib -> pcb [label=".fp" dir=both weight=1000] + + wlib -> pcb [label="import footprint" dir=back color=grey fontcolor=grey] + + pcb -> kicad [label="kicad's\nnative format" dir=both color=grey fontcolor=grey] + pcb -> gpcb [label="gEDA\nnative format" dir=both color=grey fontcolor=grey] + + +# pcb -> kicad [label="JAJJJ" weigth=1000] + +}