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
<mailto: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
<mailto: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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