Re: gEDA-user: PCB question from a new user

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One thing I was wondering about is that is there a command in PCB to
> move an item by a fixed amount of distance specified on the command
> line (an incremental move such as up by 10 mil), or place an item at
> a fixed x,y location on the board (place this component at 100mil,
> 100 mil (100 mil in from one corner).  Obviously for some of these
> you could manipulate the grid spacing, but that doesn't work in all
> cases.

No, we don't have that kind of command-line control yet.  It's a
popular request.

> This would be very helpful in drawing an outline for a shape
> documented by a mechanical engineer, or helping to place mounting
> holes etc...

Edit the .pcb file manually, you can place things very accurately that
way ;-)


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