Import EAGLE Design Rules?

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I don’t have an EAGLE project but the board house I am using provide an EAGLE .dru file with the design rules. Anyways to import that by chance?

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At this time I believe KiCAD lacks the ability to read anybody’s “design rule file”.

Within KiCAD, the basic design rules are minimal - the effort to manually enter them isn’t much more than the effort to locate a separate “design rule file” and tell KiCAD to read it. Granted, if you have a bunch of net classes with unique design rules, the effort increases . . . but I don’t believe KiCAD recognizes the concept of “net classes” when importing from Eagle (or anybody else’s format).

Dale

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Thanks Dale for the response. I agree the setup in Kicad is simple but I figured if I could import an approved setup from the board house why not. Their website is somewhat cryptic.

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Time to switch manufacturer then. (Or you know write a mail and ask for their specification sheets.)

I always find it baffling why people simply accept that business partners do not publish proper specifications. How could you hold them accountable if you do not know their specifications?

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In some organizations, this is a conscious and deliberate part of their business plan.

Dale

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To be fair there is most likely some ignorance on my side as I am new to the layout process ( last board I made was 10+ years ago and I stumbled through that one too haha). If the verbiage used on the board house website directly matched KiCAD it would be a no brainer but when they differ I get cautious.

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