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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Take a look at the legacy footprint library file format documentation[1]
for help.  You really should be supporting the new s-expression file
format.  The legacy file format is deprecated and is read only.

[1]:http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~stambaughw/kicad/doc-read-only/download/head:/1115%4016bec504-3128-0410-b3e8-8e38c2123bca:trunk%252Fkicad-doc%252Fdoc%252Fhelp%252Ffile_formats%252Ffile_formats.pdf/file_formats.pdf

On 11/11/2019 4:42 AM, Avishay Orpaz wrote:
> I'm writing a program the reads schematic library symbols, and I'm
> having hard time understanding how arcs are drawn.
> Taking, for example, the Antenna_Shield symbol from device.lib. This
> symbol contains two arcs:
> 
> A -1 -73 32 -882 1242 0 1 0 N 0 -105 -20 -45
> A 1 -73 32 -918 558 0 1 0 N 0 -105 20 -45
> 
> Both arcs start at approximately the same angle (-90 = 270 degrees) and
> end at two different angles - the first at 124 degrees, the second at 56
> degrees. When the symbol is drawn, the first arc is drone clockwise
> while the latter is drawn anti-clockwise. So, how is it possible to
> determine the direction of the arc?
> 
> Avishay.
> 
> 
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