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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with this! It has always tripped me up when I switch back and forth
between kicad and other EDA tools.

On Feb 24, 2018 9:31 AM, "Diego Herranz" <diegoherranz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Now that so much work is happening on re-structuring menus, I've
> remembered something I have always found weird on pcbnew.
>
> "Plot", from wihch you can obtain Gerbers is not inside "Fabrication
> Outputs", but on its own.
> I find it weird to have the drill option inside "Fabrication Outputs" but
> not the Gerbers (they are normally needed together and in fact, you can go
> to "Drill" from "Plot").
>
> If "Plot" was Gerber only, I would recommend moving it inside "Fabrication
> Outputs" straight away but because it also exports other formats, it's not
> so straightforward.
>
> I think ideally we would have:
>
> - Fabrication outputs
>     - Gerber...
>     - Drill
>     - ...
> - Export
>     - STEP
>     - PDF...
>     - Postcript...
>     - DXF...
>     - ...
>
> And I have just noticed SVG can be obtained from "Plot" or the "Export"
> submenu. Is it the same?
>
> What do you guys think? I'm not necessarily suggesting looking into this
> before KiCad 5, just wanted to have your view.
>
> Thanks,
> Diego
>
>
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