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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

Jonas Diemer wrote:
> Am Dienstag 01 April 2008 13:54:55 schrieb jean-pierre charras - INPG:
>
> > But moving objects still must use the XOR mode
> > (i am not sure full redraw of the screen when moving an object is
> > useable for large and complex boards)
>
> We have GetBoundingBox(), so we could only redraw the affected area...

Jonas,

PCBNEW puts a much higher burden on the graphics system then EESCHEMA. 
The chief culprit is the zone fills which are done with individual lines 
currently. It is perhaps a thousand times slower than what we have in 
EESCHEMA.


Dick