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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/03/2012 11:42 AM, jean-pierre charras wrote:
> Le 03/07/2012 17:16, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
>> On 07/03/2012 05:09 AM, Carl Rash wrote:
>>> Dick,
>>> The diameter of the hole and the diameter of the via pad are correct
>>> (verified with 3rd party gerber viewer), 0.015 and 0.025. The problem is the
>>> hole is off center. I believe this code in gendrill.cpp is selecting the
>>> size of the drill and that is correct. It may be that placing a hole within
>>> one half a mil is not possible using the NC format if that is the case then
>>> I would have like to have it detected at the DRC phase and not after
>>> submission to the PCB fabrication house. Perhaps a minimum annular ring test
>>> would be a good DRC check.
>>> I am going to try and change the next grid hot key to a combination like
>>> Ctrl+G that way It will not be likely that I can inadvertently change grid
>>> size without knowing it. I have never used auto routers, I prefer to do it
>>> myself so I depend on the grid staying where I set it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for time
>>> Carl Rash
>> Is there actually a bug here?
>>
>> It is sounding like a user error, not a true bug.
>>
>> It is fully understandable that you do not like the current functionality, which might be
>> validly classified as something other than a bug.
>
> In fact, this is a truncating issue in Excellon drill file, not an actual bug in pcbnew.
> The coordinates were truncated to 3 digits after the decimal point,
> giving a 1/1000 mm resolution when the file is in mm (this is the max resolution allowed in Excellon files),
> but only a 1/1000 inch resolution when the file is in inches (The max resolution allowed in Excellon files is 1/10000 inch)
>
> This is not related to nanometer version, and, I am thinking, was a very old behavior.
> This truncation can be seen only for some grids like 2.5 mils, but there is no bug inside Pcbnew.
>
> I fixed it, and just committed the fix
> (For Excellon files in inches, the max number of digits is now 4, that is the full allowed resolution).

The community owes you another thank you, Jean-Pierre. 
I wish it would happen.