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  • jasko_jacker
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    • Oct 2014
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    • italy

    #1

    BRD file structure

    I don't know if this is the correct place to ask about boardview software but
    I'm trying to figure out how openboardview software works; at the moment I'm concentrating on first version on visual c++ 2019.
    before analyzing the structure of the application I would like to understand the meaning of the data contained in a brd file
    I have decoded this format with using a code taken from github, I don't know if the result is correct but
    I have decoded this file (LB# 820-2879 ''Board View'' file.brd) and I think it should contain the following data:
    1 - number of component on a board
    2 - coordinate to locate the single component, the test point, etc
    3 - the component type, for example SOT23, SOT323, etc
    4 - the number of pins for each component
    5 - connections (net) between a pin to another pin
    etc
    I know the imgui is used to manage the graphics but I don't see any info about the type of component to draw
    In the picture I post, there is an extract of the decode BRD file (apple), someone can hel me to understand
    the structure of the file?
    thanks
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    Last edited by jasko_jacker; 09-19-2019, 01:02 PM.
  • imranromi
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    • Jan 2015
    • 1288
    • Pakistan

    #2
    Re: BRD file structure

    @piernov know about this many as i know

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    • jasko_jacker
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      • Oct 2014
      • 1137
      • italy

      #3
      Re: BRD file structure

      I know, but I didn't want to disturb him in private, I hope he gives me the information I'm looking for

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      • stj
        Great Sage 齊天大聖
        • Dec 2009
        • 30977
        • Albion

        #4
        Re: BRD file structure

        ask paul daniels - he regularly livestreams on youtube.

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        • jasko_jacker
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          • Oct 2014
          • 1137
          • italy

          #5
          Re: BRD file structure

          Thanks
          Last edited by jasko_jacker; 09-20-2019, 05:41 AM.

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