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[jean-pierre charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 27/04/2012 12:50, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> OK, I've done the deed, I think. I only tested it lightly but it wasn't
> too invasive, anyway.
>
> It fixes nanometer handling for:
> - Plotting (postscript, HPGL, gerber and DXF). SVG is not handled by the
>    plot routines, IIRC is handled as a print routine by wx;
>
> - Excellon and related plotting/reporting
>
> - Module position (pick&  place) but *not* the module report (since it's
>    pcbnew proprietary, anyway...)
>
> - GENCAD (a one liner:D)
>
> Also I removed the U_PCB constant (the 10 ratio between eeschema and
> pcbnew)
>
> I'm really not happy about the handling of the portrait mode in
> postscript... why it was handled with a special case instead of just let
> the printer do the turning? Didn't touch it, but I feel its not elegant.
>
> Also at the moment the plotter interface works in this way: *everything*
> from the caller is in IU, but the internals still works in decimils. The
> optimum would be the whole plotter working in nanos and just emit the
> scaled values, but since it's in common it would have complicated too
> much the work. And, anyway, the gerbers we generate now are limited to
> decimils...

Thanks for your patch.
Postscript and Gerber work fine.
I did not tested other formats.
There is an issue with DXF:
tracks are lines and some shapes look ugly.
Are you volunteer to fix it?




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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS