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Le 08/09/2014 19:10, Lorenzo Marcantonio a écrit :
> I don't know why but stuff in the plot dialog in pcbnew got broken. For
> example the DXF line/stroke/fill option is grayed but still takes the
> previous value (should be enabled since last time I worked on it DXF
> handled all the modes).
> 
> Any reason for that?

AFAIK, plot mode in DXF format was selectable some time ago, but did not
have any effect (DXF format only creates outlines, regardless this option).
Am I wrong ?

Well, from my point of view, line/stroke/fill option is now (and since a
long time) a useless option which should be removed. It was useful a
*very* long time ago for guys who used a HPGL plotter to print/plot a board.

> 
> Let's review the options:
> - Gerber:
>   Seems fine to me, can't mirror/negative, can use the aux axis, can't
>   do drill marks, scale is fixed 1:1, plot mode always filled, default
>   line adjustable (question: is the default line still in use? IIRC it
>   was only used for the sheet border before pl-editor); and of course
>   the custom gerber options;
> 
> - Postscript: can do everything except aux axis (since PS is 'page'
>   based); seems fine to me;
> 
> - PDF: should get the same option of postscript IMHO (except maybe the
>   custom postscript scaling); however scaling and plot mode get grayed
>   and forced to 1:1/filled (why that?)
> 
> - SVG: can't really say since I don't know that driver's capabilities...
>   but maybe changing the plot mode could be useful?
> 
> - DXF: doesn't handle mirror/negative (correctly); scaling is fixed to
>   1:1 (makes a sense); plot mode is grayed but *not* forced (should
>   handle all the modes);
> 
> - HPGL can do everything except negative and aux axis; seems fine for
>   me;
> 
> Also unrelated but the text line display mode maybe is not working
> correctly: that could be a bug in my branch, I'm waiting for the stock
> build to compile to confirm it. And the 'show page limit' starts always
> as 'no' in pcbnew and doesn't get saved... (well, actually, not many
> people cares about the page limit:P)
> 
> Please tell me if there something wrong in this.
> 


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS