On Jun 16, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Chad Robinson wrote:
Is there a way to extract graphical representations from PCB
footprints, like a JPG or similar?
Just FYI, JPG would be the absolute worst format for something like this.
There's a reason why most JPG files storing non-"natural" images used
on today's web sites look like crap, with lots of compression artifacts
around sharp color transitions: JPG wasn't designed for this sort of
image, and does not work well AT ALL on them.
For stuff like this...fields of solid color and sharp color
transitions...PNG is a far better choice, and will not have such artifacts.
Leave JPG for what it was designed for...natural-scene images such as
photographs.
Look, I don't mean to be rude but this is essentially a repeat of thousands of
previous graphic format arguments. I didn't pick JPG for any specific reason,
I just tossed it off. Fine, PNG it is. That doesn't address the original
question - how can a footprint be extracted into a graphic format in an
automated fashion?