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[Michael Geselbracht <mgeselbracht3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have tested the patch and I really like this feature. This automatic
variable assignment will sure come in handy.
How about adding a kind of scratch pad (a single line should do) to the
footprint editor so that one can add variables (measurements) given in
datasheets?
Like "c1=2.9; e=0.635" in the scratch pad and then in PosX field: "-c1/2 "
and PosY: "-1.5*e" in order to place the first pad.

  - Michael


On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 3:58 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski <
tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 31.08.2017 15:27, Russell Oliver wrote:
> > Hi All.
> >
> > As a follow up to my earlier post, attached is a patch that implement
> > math expressions in the pad editor as well.
> >
> > A nifty feature is that the fields can be referenced from each other.
> > currently the fields are referenced by the following names.
> > - posx, posy, sizex, sizey, offsetx, offsetx, drillx, drillx.
>
> Hi Russell,
>
> Didn't have the time to check your patch yet, but I came up with an
> idea: add global variable support to the math parser, so that if you
> place a text anywhere in the design assigning to a variable (e.g.
> var=10), it will be updated in any of the expressions that reference it.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
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