On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 09:07, DJ Delorie wrote: > > <sigh> I was hoping there was some arcane command that could convert > > the pads into something the program would understand. It sure would > > be cool if you could create pads using the rectangle tool. > > Yeah, that would be cool. However, rectangles are just one > simplification of polygons; they're stored as four-point polys > internally. How do we convert an arbitrary polygon? We can't, > really. And when you convert back to parts (break up the element), do > you use lines or rectangles? > > Not insurmountable problems, but reasons why we went with the easy > options ;-) >
Yeah, I can understand that. The lines do work, but they're a bit tricky, since you have to account for line width when figuring out the length. Thanks for your help! Vaughn > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
