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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Plot SVG and Export SVG are different.  The former goes through the Plot code while the later goes through the Print code.

Do we need both?  I haven’t a clue.  

It would be nice to clean this stuff up, if there is in fact a clean way to present it.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 24 Feb 2018, at 14:54, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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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