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[Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

Ok, the plotter will GetLayerColor from the board object, which makes sense,
but then why does the plotting options has a SetColor, does it work
for dxf? :)

Would it make sense to have a "DEFAULT" color, and int that case the plotter
asks for the board->GetLayerColor() and otherwise use the color in the 
color set in the plotting options ? 

I could get the same changing the board plotting colors, but may be that's not
desired in some situations.

Miguel Angel Ajo
http://www.nbee.es
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skype: ajoajoajo

On 23/03/2013, at 23:25, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Miguel Angel Ajo
> http://www.nbee.es
> +34911407752
> skype: ajoajoajo
> 
> On 23/03/2013, at 22:12, Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 05:20:37PM +0100, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
>>>  I've been playing with the PLOT CONTROLLER, and it works great, I added
>>> this to let SVG & PDF output in colors, but for some reason, the colors
>>> stay in the default color that kicad uses for a layer, I'm on an ongoing
>>> investigation about this.
>> 
>> The SetColorMode is only to override the colors into black and white…
> 
> Well, for me it was that SVG & PDF remained in B&W until I called SetColorMode(true)
> on the plotter.
> 
>> the color is chosen by the individual plot routines, you have to track
>> them down. I.e. the choice of the color is not in the plot layer, is in
>> the pcbnew entity classes (most of it…)
> 
> Ok, now that I have some minutes again will restart my track down,
> it would be nice to find a way to force colors at plot time. 
> 
> 
> I'm thinking about some pcb-diff tool that takes git/bzr/svn revisions and renders
> a diff image of the PCB with marks on the zone that changed, it shouldn't be 
> very complicated :) pcb->svg->bitmap  pcb->svg->bitmap,   xoring both, and then making
> some beatufilly marked images .
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Lorenzo Marcantonio
>> Logos Srl
>> 
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