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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Nick and Orson.
This is pretty much what I see on OS X, so this is no OS X specific 
issue (and so, nothing that I would need to look into right now).

I just wondered why it behaves so differently in eeschema and various 
pcbnew canvases, but thats another story then... :)


Regards,
Bernhard

On 2015-10-21 07:59, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> I just tested on 6264 on linux. When I draw them it starts at the
> center and then the next time I click I get the radius and it will
> always be a 90 degree arc (no third click). That is not how it has
> always been, IIRC. I think this is a regression or some weird option
> that I have set.
>
> 2015-10-21 7:50 GMT+02:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi Orson,
> >
> > can you explain how it should work in default canvas?
> >
> > OK, I can get some arc to show up, but this is at least very different 
> > from how to do it in eeschema (and I thought it should be the same in 
> > eeschema and default canvas?):
> > In eeschema I can create a half-circle with 3 clicks.
> > I did not find out how to do that in pcbnew - apart from creating some 
> > (random) arc with the mouse and then tweaking it via the edit menu the 
> > way it should be.
> > If that is how it should be, fine for me… :)
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bernhard
> >
> > > On 21 Oct 2015, at 07:17, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Bernhard,
> > >
> > > This is how it works in the legacy canvas, nothing wrong with OSX. We
> > > have simply done it in a different way in the GAL canvas.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Orson
> > >
> > > On 10/21/2015 04:09 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > nice discussion, but could anybody please just try if drawing arcs 
> > > > on Windows/Linux is working as expected (if yes, how?)?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Bernhard
> > > >
> > > > > On 20 Oct 2015, at 07:39, Bernhard Stegmaier 
> > > > > <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I already mentioned it in the OS X graphics performance thread…
> > > > > Is drawing arcs working as expected on Windows/Linux for pcbnew and 
> > > > > footprint editor?
> > > > >
> > > > > For OS X it doesn’t seem right for me…
> > > > > In eeschema I draw by clicking start->end->3rd point (if I remember 
> > > > > correctly), in OpenGL canvas it is center->start->end.
> > > > > In default canvas it seems that I can click only 2 times (center 
> > > > > and some other point) and I only get 90° arcs.
> > > > > Similar for footprint editor, but here I additionally get drawing 
> > > > > artefacts in form of two concentric arc fragments I don’t get in 
> > > > > pcbnew.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Bernhard
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