Re: gEDA-user: Photo mode to the rescue...

[Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
>> How about this: Let footprints contain a file name of an macro image
>> from the top. Then, the photo mode could use the image to render a 
>> populated board. ;-)
> 
> I thought of that, but you need to be able to correctly align the
> photo with the rotated/positioned element footprint.

PCB knows about the rotation of a footprint and the position of its 
origin/handle. So it needs the coordinates of point in the photo that 
corresponds to the origin. In addition, a scaling information may be 
required. All of this additional information would fit nicely in the 
package concept I am about to propose...


>> BTW, shadows can be rendered with a little image-magick: 
> 
> That kind of logic should be in the PNG exporter...

True. 
But it was way easier for me to search the web for convert utility options.

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