Re: gEDA-user: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB

[Armin Faltl <armin.faltl@xxxxxx>]

Bob Paddock wrote:
> Rick, I got line breaks.
> .
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > Just thought I'd write some of this down and put it out there. I've
> > spent some time recently thinking way into the future about the GUI /
> > usability for an advanced PCB editing program.
> >     
>
> Peter, while all of this sounds great, could we fix the collective
> problems that we have now first?
> To many of us PCB is used to ship products, preferably today.
> The Creeping Feature Creacher is a powerful task master.
>   
+1
> What we really need is good documentation for the Meta Data that
> contains what a pcb really is.
> Once MD is documented and abstracted then it should become easy to add
> any kind of new GUI, Router, Scripting,
> or just scrap the whole thing and start over.
>   
+1
>   
> > PCB design is a real hybrid of art, precision engineering and black
> > magic.
> >     
>
> It is only magic for those without documentation, or initiation.
>   
+1
>   
> > Scrap straight line rats in favour of using the topological auto-router?
> >     
Appology in advance - Peter, so far I thought you are bright


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