Re: gEDA-user: PCB, possible to incorporate FreeRotateBuffer() in Buffer menu?

[timecop <timecop@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh I thought you were asking how to rotate.
Didn't read all email.

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:31 PM, timecop <timecop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I remember seeing http://www.delorie.com/electronics/r8c-27-adapter/ a
> while ago.
>
> On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Svenn Are Bjerkem
> <svenn.bjerkem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am in the progress of making a DIP-64 carrier pcb for a QFP64 MCU
>> which also will carry voltage regulator, crystal and some glue logic.
>> My first attempt used a straight QFP64 package aligned 90 degrees.
>> When doing the routing I found that I my task would be a lot easier if
>> I could rotate the QFP64 by 45 degrees. But I could not find a menu
>> option for doing so.
>>
>> I started this email having no clue about how to rotate a footprint by
>> 45 degrees in pcb, and then I thought "don't be a noob, search the
>> mailinglist first". A first search for "rotate footprint" did not help
>> me out as quick as I wanted, so I went to my local pcb git repository
>> and updated the source to have the newest possible version and rebuilt
>> it. Checked the documentation and searched for "rotate" in the pdf.
>> Then the FreeRotateBuffer() command came to my eyes. Another search in
>> the mailing list for FreeRotateBuffer() gave me all the information I
>> wanted, and it has actually been around for a while.
>>
>> Ok, I could have stopped there, canceled my email and continued with
>> my board, but then I felt the need to ask why this FreeRotateBuffer()
>> isn't more visible in the user interface? In the Buffer menu, there
>> are separate items for rotating 90 degrees clockwise and
>> counterclockwise, but no item for free rotating of the buffer. From
>> what I have read about FreeRotateBuffer() any errors are accumulated
>> so it may not be a good idea to modify the rotate tool to step
>> anything else but 90 degrees.
>>
>> From the documentation it is not clear that FreeRotateBuffer() is the
>> way to go. It is just documented, but a new user, not familiar with
>> pcb's command language may have a hard time getting there, and from
>> the mailing list point of view it is a FAQ. At least in my opinion.
>>
>> I am just trying to argue why an extra Buffer menu item should be
>> added, but there may be reasons for not doing so that I don't know.
>> Just trying to make pcb a little more user friendly.
>>
>> --
>> Svenn
>>
>>
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