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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's not an error.  Arcs are part of the DRAWSEGMENT object which
encapsulates line segments, arcs, etc.  The start coordinate (m_start
member) is the center point for arcs and circles.  It is documented as
such in the KiCad source.

    wxPoint     m_Start;  ///< Line start point or Circle and Arc center


On 6/26/2017 8:19 PM, hauptmech wrote:
> In the module s-expressions, what is the rationale for having arc center
> labeled 'start' and having the arc starting point labeled 'end'?
> 
> This bit me as I was writing an Allegro footprint extractor to kicad and
> got confused why my start,end,angle arcs were not displaying correctly.
> 
> Assuming it's an error, is there a way to fix the file format or is this
> a permanent thing?
> 
> 
> 
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