I think a FAQ on ‘RF designing tips’ could be a start…
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StepUp Stepup: the Sketcher for Footprint generation
is working well with outlined shapes
(i.e. Ti dxf files for RF antennas
https://www.ti.com/tool/CC-ANTENNA-DK2
e2e.ti.com/support/wireless-connectivity RF discussion
CC_2D00_Antenna_2D00_DK2.dxf source file -
RF tools are a featured Action Plugins/Scripts for RF Curved traces or RF Taper
RF tools for KiCAD -
Qucs-RFlayout is a great tool to convert Qucs model directly to KiCAD
Qucs-RFlayout -
pyopenems is another direct approach
pyopenems -
badgeek/svg2shenzhen is an other tool used for converting shapes to KiCAD
badgeek/svg2shenzhen
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StepUp is working well with outlined shapes like the following antenna:
I would suggest to have a look at these two links:
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dlharmon/pyopenems
A Python wrapper to the OpenEMS FDTD solver with Kicad footprint generation - dlharmon/pyopenems
“Microwave Design with KiCad” - Darrell Harmon (KiCon 2019)
thomaslepoix/Qucs-RFlayout
A tool to produce layout from qucs RF schematic (microstrip only for now) - thomaslepoix/Qucs-RFlayout
