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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like it!

The old one was somewhat jarring because the tool icons were all arranged in progression, but the arrow pointed the wrong way.  This one is much better.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 26 Jul 2018, at 00:13, John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Another icon! (Groan)
> 
> This one is the update PCB from Schematic icon. Currently, this
> re-uses the "Import PCB board file" icon from the file menu.
> 
> I think this is a bit non-obvious, because the action isn't an
> "import", it's an update, and the icon makes no reference to the
> schematic nature of the action.
> 
> I have used a metaphor of schematic -> PCB, with an left-to-right
> arrow indicating forward action.
> 
> I considered the update double arrow/circle, but it's not really a
> bidirectional action between PCB and Schematic. If that's preferred, I
> will do it that way. I personally don't really care what the icon is,
> as long as it's clearly distinguished in context from any other
> action.
> 
> As usual, PNG is for reference.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
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