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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

It would be nice if the ruler could be a manipulable object that can be
saved, locked, have multiple rulers on screen. It won't be output to
gerbers, for kicad viewing only.
Cadence Virtuoso for IC design layout has this and it's nice to be able to
place down some rulers, take screenshots for documentation/tutorial or
reference for layout edit.

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:25 AM, Fabrizio Tappero <
fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> this ruler (caliper icon) does look really good. Is there anyway to have
> it available in the 2D/3D viewer when a footprint is chosen (inside the
> library browser)?
>
> It is often a good idea to have a way to measure footprint size.
>
> cheers
> Fabrizio
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Perfect, the measurement tool is already included in the master branch.
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 03/10/2017 03:07 PM, John Beard wrote:
>> > Hi Orson,
>> >
>> > That patch looks fine. Sorry about the formatting/copyright header.
>> > You are right for the by-ref and the const.
>> >
>> > "Measure distance" sounds fine to me.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > John
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Maciej Sumiński
>> > <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Hi John,
>> >>
>> >> All I can say is: it looks really cool! I would like to merge, but
>> >> before I do so, would you consider the attached fixup patch? If so, I
>> >> simply update the existing set of patches and merge everything.
>> >>
>> >> Changes:
>> >> - Changed std::vector<> to const std::vector<>& in
>> >> PREVIEW::SetConstantGlyphHeight()
>> >>
>> >> - One of the new files had Tom as the copyright holder and incorrect
>> >> date, changed to "(c) 2017 KiCad Developers"
>> >>
>> >> - Changed "Measure between two points" to "Measure distance between two
>> >> points". I am not a native English speaker, so I need your advice here.
>> >>
>> >> - A few code formatting fixes.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers,
>> >> Orson
>> >>
>> >> On 03/10/2017 12:18 PM, John Beard wrote:
>> >>> Hi Nick,
>> >>>
>> >>> That's because the label formatting just uses a fixed 2 DP display for
>> >>> mm (it uses 4 for inches, and 1 for degrees). It's not a perfect
>> >>> solution, but it does line up nicely when the labels are on the left
>> >>> of the line. Stripping trailing zeroes would make it ragged when you
>> >>> zoom in a bit and get "1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2".
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>>
>> >>> John
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>>> It certainly looks quite nice. I have not yet tested the patch, but I
>> >>>> wonder why it shall show the integer labels here with decimals behind
>> >>>> it when they are all zero?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 2017-03-09 18:18 GMT+01:00 John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> >>>>> By the way, here's a screenshot of the ruler tool:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Cheers,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> John
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:11 AM, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Hi,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Here's a tool I'm had on my list for a while - a ruler tool.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> This patch set introduces a new directory, for "preview items"
>> which
>> >>>>>> are EDA_ITEMS that are only used for transient previews, such as
>> >>>>>> drawing aids and selection boxes. These are located in common, so
>> that
>> >>>>>> they can (in theory) be used in any GAL canvas, not just
>> >>>>>> Pcbnew/Modedit.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> There are also some functions that hopefully will be useful for
>> other
>> >>>>>> preview items in future in the utils file.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> There's an oustanding bug with the OpenGL GAL in that it cannot
>> draw
>> >>>>>> spaces in text, so there are a couple of places where it
>> pre-emptively
>> >>>>>> strips spaces that should be removed when that bug is fixed.
>> >>>>>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1668455).
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Cheers,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> John
>> >>>>>
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