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Re: gEDA-user: PCB format wishlist

On Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:57:59 -0700
Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Or, could we base everything off of lines, attach a 'curvature'
> property to create arcs, and build polygons from that.

I woldn't do that. The file would end up consisting of the same stuff. It's
like you could only have points.

I think we should define primitives as the most commonly used shapes in pcb
layouts.

I prefer

  line,
  polygon,
  circle,
  arc.

Why arc and circle are not merged? Because the diameter of the arc is the
center of the bent line; however, the diameter of a circle is the edge.

And of course we have to implement padstacks at the footprint level.

Levente

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Levente Kovacs
http://levente.logonex.eu




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