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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, there (at least) three different dialogs that all present similar
things (i.e. a list of layers to include, settings, etc):

Export->SVG
Print
Plot

The Print code for Export->SVG seems to just use the same SVG plotter, so
maybe it's just mostly GUI cleanup that is needed.

The main Print code does need an overhaul to use something other than wxDC
for graphics generation (and perhaps adding some more features to PDF
export)

-Jon

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 1:16 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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>
> 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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