Re: gEDA-user: [PATCH] Add line end to line type dialog

[Vanessa Ezekowitz <vanessaezekowitz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:17:15 +0100
Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 02:59 +0200, Armin Faltl wrote:
> > Is it correct, that round linestyle is default because of its superior
> > mechanical/thermal properties? - I definitely read this for pads and
> > it's easy to imagine, that a corner more easily delaminates than a round
> > edge. In the light of this, a "small bend" corner style would be cool ;-)
> 
> Round-ended lines with the same end-coordinate make a neat join at any
> angle. Almost all (all?) PCB programs I know of use rounded end line
> primitives.
> 

I'd like to add my vote here also - rounded ends look better at higher zoom levels, especially when you're creating a symbol.

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