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I Cirilo,I tested the release 6091, and I noticed that there is the new Grid reference point, which is a nice feature.
It would be possible to display in the exporting dialog, instead of 'X ref: 0, Y ref: 0' the actual base point of the board?
In this way it would be compatible with old IDF export...I mean if the user wants to place the IDF pcb at X=0, Y=0 he has only to put 0 on the X ref and Y ref fields; if not the IDF pcb will be exported as in previous versions to the center of the pcb coordinates in kicad.
I know it would be possible to insert the mid value of the board, but it should be calculate manually, getting values from the pcb edges of the board. Putting in the dialog fields as default the the center of the pcb coordinates in kicad will avoid that operation and do not change the way it was exported in previous versions.
I'm asking that because in this way kicad StepUp chain will keep working as in previous versions...
I mean I can change myself the value of the pcb IDF position, but this would be done discriminating which version of pcbnew is used... before 6091 or after.
thank you Maurice On 13/08/2015 03.10, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
The attached patch implements the following changes: 1. Restores a "Meter" output option to the VRML export 2. Adds a "Grid Reference Point" to the VRML export; this allows a user to specify the (X,Y) coordinate which will be the origin point on the output. Previous behavior was to guess a point at the center of the board, but a user-specified value is more useful and was planned though never implemented. 3. Adds a "Grid Reference Point" to the IDF export; this is similar in purpose to the corresponding VRML export feature. From my perspective the addition of the Grid Reference Point is the last minor improvement to the VRML and IDF export code. Except for bug fixes I have no intention of making any further changes to those export codes until after the post- release 3D refactoring. Despite the size of the patch, the changes are minor. The bulk of the patch is due to wxFormBuilder's autogenerated code. - Cirilo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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