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Re: New Pcbnew file format.

 

nice!!!, I will start trying it.

2012/4/7 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Oops!  To be able to save to the new file format you must add
> -DUSE_PCBNEW_SEXPR_FILE_FORMAT=ON and -DUSE_PCBNEW_NANOMETRES=ON when
> invoking CMake in order to build the new code.
>
> On 4/7/2012 2:09 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > It took long than I anticipated (doesn't always?) but I just committed
> > the code to allow saving board files to the new s-expression based file
> > format.  I would like as many folks as possible to save their favorite
> > board file using File->Save As to the new format and take a look at the
> > result.  My goal is to get the final file format nailed down as quickly
> > as possible.  There are few caveats:
> >
> > * I still have to convert angles to degrees from the current tenths of
> > degrees so please ignore the fact that 270° is saved as 2700°.  This fix
> > is coming soon.
> >
> > * The lead developers have decided to drop support for the old segment
> > filled zones (SEGZONES) which have not been used in quite some time.  I
> > will be adding a dialog warning the user that they will need to refill
> > their zones using the current polygon filling.  I doubt this will effect
> > very many users but I could be wrong.
> >
> > * I rearranged the object ordering slightly compared to the current file
> > format.  I moved the graphic items (items with no net connection) before
> > the modules.  This way all of the net connectable objects (modules,
> > traces, zones, etc.) will be grouped together.
> >
> > Please take some time to look over the new format.  If you find a token
> > (key word) that is not clear, let me know so we can choose names that
> > are as human readable as possible.  Please keep in mind that the file
> > size is going to increase dramatically over the current format so try to
> > keep names as brief as possible while still maintaining readability.
> > Also, if you find any indentation or other formatting errors, let me
> > know so I can fix it.  I will be working on reading the new file format
> > over the next few days (weeks?) so I would like to wrap up the file
> > format definition in a reasonable amount of time.  Thanks in advance for
> > you help.
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> >
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