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Re: Trapeziodal pads are buggy

 

On 09/07/2010 11:01 AM, jp.charras wrote:
> Le 07/09/2010 17:58, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
>   
>> On 09/07/2010 10:52 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>     
>>> On 09/07/2010 09:17 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> I'm spending some time this morning looking into this.
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>
>>> Jean Pierre,
>>>
>>> When adding the support for trapezoidal pads to specctra_export.cpp, I
>>> noticed there is a bug in dialog_pad_properties.cpp which causes the
>>> m_DeltaSize.y value to be displayed as positive even when the value has
>>> been entered and saved previously as negative.
>>>
>>> The same problem does not exist for the x value, which is displayed
>>> properly as negative when it is.
>>>
>>> In 4 minutes I could not find the source of the problem.
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>       
>> More info I forgot to mention:
>>
>> this is the dialog which you call from the main pcbnew app, not from the
>> module editor.
>> The sign of the value is displayed properly when the dialog is invoked
>> from the module editor, but not properly when invoked from the main
>> program on a specific pad only.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>>     
> I'll look at this ASAP.
>   

I am thinking now that this problem only happens if the pad is on the
back side of the board and you call up the pad editor from the main program.

Dick





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