Re: gEDA-user: Some more questions to pcb

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Inch, no.  You can edit src/hid/gerber/gerber.c if you really need
> > metric.
> 
> Is  inch the standard for gerber fabrication? My friends CNC machine only does
> metric.

Gerber is gerber.  Your friend's machine should be able to read the
inch file and convert it to metric.

> So lesstif gui is quite different to gtk? Which one is recommended?

Whichever you like more :-)

> Something I forgot: While soldering my first board today I  noticed  that  the
> caption of smd resistors (8050) have their caption above the component. Having
> turned one of them 180 degrees and move them side by side I  ended  up  having
> the  caption  of  the  other  one  within the outline. That can easyly lead to
> missplaced components. Is there a way to make the  caption  start  within  the
> outline of the component? With caps 8050 is all fine.

No automatic way.  You can move the captions to other places as you
place the components, to keep them out of the way.


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