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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

This has already been discussed.  The decision to change from the line
drawing to the polygon outlines was at my request.  JP graciously
changed the DXF line drawings to the actual polygon shapes generated by
the intersection of the line output.  I requested this because the line
drawings required massive amounts of effort to convert to polygons.  I
will not ask JP to change it back or add an option to use the line
drawings.  If someone is willing to step up to the plate and
re-implement the line drawing dxf output, I'm OK with that as long as
it's optional and the polygon output is kept in tact.

On 4/11/2016 6:30 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Someone on IRC just asked about being able to export DXF as the line
> type and I found this thread via google, which I will revive. Since it
> describes the problem pretty well with the attached images.
> 
> So is this by intention or not that one can not use the plot mode
> combobox now? I just tested in 6673 on windows.
> 
> Regards
> Nick Østergaard
> 
> 2015-06-19 12:37 GMT+02:00 easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi,
>> I'm plotting some mechanical parts using pcbnew
>>
>> in old stable release (4022) it was possible to plot DXF with the option
>> Mode:Line
>> then the mechanical DXF exported was fine with single Line objects
>>
>> now (5785) it is not possible anymore ... it seems that the Line mode option
>> is gone...
>> the result is an object  double lined as in the attached images...
>>
>> I tried to just enable 'm_plotModeOpt->Enable( true );' and adding choice
>> Line to the form, but it is not enough...
>>
>> could someone help me in finding where I should search to add this option?
>>
>> I think that for exporting mechanical parts (related to the pcb board) it is
>> useful to have Line mode available...
>>
>> thanks
>> Maurice
>>
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