stephan-g / openboardview

View .brd files

Open Board Viewer

Linux SDL/ImGui edition software for viewing .brd files, intended as a drop-in replacement for the "Test_Link" software.

Features

• Annotations (per board database file)
• Part and pin sizes better represented
• Better outlining of irregular objects (such as connectors)
• Drag and drop
• Recently used file history
• Non-orthagonally orientated caps/resistors/diodes now drawn more realistically
• Adjustable DPI (for working on 2K/4K screens)
• Works with multiple concurrent instances

TODO

• Decode more board formats
• Compound project/file format

Prerequisites

For Ubuntu developers, you'll need the following packages at a minium;

$ apt-get install git build-essential cmake libsdl2-dev libgtk-3-dev

Installation

1. Clone the project

   $ git clone --recursive 'https://github.com/inflex/OpenBoardView'

2. Build it

   $ ./build.sh

3. Run it!

   $ ./bin/openboardview ...or... $ ./openboardview.sh

Usage

• N: Search by power net

• C: Search by component name

• w/a/s/d: pan viewport over board

• x: Reset zoom and center

• Mouse scroll, -/=: Zoom out/in

• Mouse click-hold-drag, Numeric pad up/down/left/right: pan viewport over board

• Numeric pad +/-: zoom board

• Numeric pad 5: Reset zoom and center

• Space, Middle mouse click: Flip board

• R/./Numpad-Del: Rotate clockwise

• ,/Numpad-Ins: Rotate counter-clockwise

• L: Show net list

• K: Show part list

Discussion

IRC Freenode channel: #openboardview