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Re: Removing segment hard-coding

 

On 16/05/2019 20:44, Jon Evans wrote:
> I can think of at least two alternatives:
> 
> 1) automatic performance tuning based on self-benchmarking
> 
> 2) a "graphics performance" setting (high/medium/low) that changes
> multiple things under the hood.

Hi Jon,

I'm afraid this would be difficult to achieve without breaking the
WYSIWYG principle - board geometry should look exactly the same as in
the Gerber files (so IMHO we shouldn't allow for tweaking the number of
arc approx segments for display purposes only).

Cheers,
Tom


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