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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Cirilo,

may be a wxradiobox Manual Offset '- enable'  '* disable' would be fine...

thank you again
Maurice

On 14/08/2015 00.01, Cirilo Bernardo wrote:
> I could make the unit choice "auto", "mm", "in" where auto = guess at board
> center,
> but I'm not comfortable with that since "auto" is not a unit and is not
> selecting a unit.
> Another alternative is to add a button to enable/disable the manual offset
> entry but
> I have a feeling that will make the GUI look ugly/uglier. I will think
> about it more.
>
> - Cirilo
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:35 AM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
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