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Re: Metric and English grids sizes.

 

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...> wrote:
> Then we need something more stable. I'd switch over to a 0 based index 
> into the list of grid sizes, but maybe treat user size as special, 
> assigning it -1, just so it does not get moved in the future if more 
> sizes are added.

What about the 'obvious' solution, i.e. just saving the grid size in decimils like all the other things in pcbnew?

Something like:

GridSize 1000 1000

for a 100mil grid...

A lookup on the dozen or so predefined values is not so heavy (and anyway is only done on load)








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