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[Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Orson-

First, thank you for digging into this.  Let me know if you would like a
copy of the GenCAD specification doc.

Using Unisoft's ViewMarkup 5.17, I notice a couple issues.

- The courtyard doesn't seem to map to the output shape in GenCAD like it
should.
- Rotations that are not 0, 90, 180, 270 don't seem to be reflected in the
silkscreen.
- Components are also not rotated.
- Silkscreen is missing reference designators
- Board cutout is not generated correctly.

Digging into the generated file, it appears that the $DEVICES section
generates device names based on the reference like "DEVICE C1" but the
$COMPONENTS section references the device as "DEVICE C1_10pF".

I'm attaching two images that show this.  Kicad.png is what I see in
pcbnew.  ViewMarkup is what Unisoft's program shows.  I can send along the
board files if you would like a copy.

-S

On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have noticed there are bug reports related to the GenCAD exporter. I
> did my best to fix them, but it seems that the GenCAD standard is
> loosely interpreted by software developers, so the output files may need
> different workarounds to render them usable, depending on the used CAM
> software.
>
> If you have access to software capable of reading GenCAD format, I would
> be grateful for a short message saying whether my fixes [1] work for
> you. Please include the name and version of the software used.
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Orson
>
> 1. https://code.launchpad.net/~orsonmmz/kicad/+git/kicad/+ref/gencad-fixes
>
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