Re: gEDA-user: PCB text/symbol sizes

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I tried changing the thickness parameter in all the SymbolLines in my
> .pcb file to 1000 (they start at 800), but that had no effect; changing
> it to 2000 did change the thickness to (ie 10 mils).
> 
> Looking at the source I can see what's happening, but JOOI why is the
> number in the SymbolLine not an actual thickness?

The thickness is scaled just like everything else in a symbol.  If you
have the scale set to 50%, the thickness is halved.

In the latest HID pcb, I added code to automatically grow the
thickness of symbol lines to meet the DRC minSilk parameter.  This is
around line 1784 of src/draw.c in cvs; replace the 800 with
PCB->minSlk in both places.  That will mess up your minimum line size
if it's different and you use text on copper though.