Re: gEDA-user: anyone using PCB .xy files?

[Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan -

On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 09:31:28PM -0500, Dan McMahill wrote:
> Is anyone using or has anyone used the centroid files (.xy files) that 
> pcb exports?

Yes.

> I'm asking because I just fixed a bug which has been there since the 
> code was first written that flipped everything about the x-axis and also 
> translated it in the y direction by the height of the board.

The people using the .xy files are the board stuffers, who generally
have no contact with any other design files.  If coordinates are
inconsistent, they'll never know it -- they just line up the origin
and axis definitions with what works on the physical board.

I only used this process once, back in 2001 or so, and the people
"programming" the pick-and-place machine seemed like they were used
to covering for toolchain oddities.  PCB's coordinate file was no worse
than average.

    - Larry


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