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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/11/2012 06:41 PM, Dan Chianucci wrote:
> This new format looks great, I have a few comments/questions
>
>      1) in some spots like module pads there is (net <nutNum> <netName>) and in other
> spots like track segments it only has (net <netNum>).
>      2)What do the edge tags represent in the Module

Exactly.  It might not be the first English tag that comes to mind for this. eh?  I'm not
even sure these are limited to "edges".

>      3)Draw arc has tags start and end.  I'm not sure if this has changed, but the file
> format before this held onto the center of the arc, and an endpoint of the arc...
>         The file format definitions also say it holds onto the starting point and the
> ending point, which caused a lot of headaches when I wrote my file format converter
>      4) What are the two (at) tags in module_text for? why not only 1
>               Is one a position relative to the module and one a position relative to
> the board?
>      5) Why does Modules have a different text tag than the pcb itself?  Why not just
> have a single text tag which can be placed anywhere?
>