2011/7/14 Karl Hammar <k...@aspodata.se>: > Looking at pcb.pdf, page 64, section 8.8.1 Arc... > > Andrew Poelstra: > ... >> If you have a full ellipse, then Width and Height are exactly >> what they sound like -- the full length from one side of the >> ellipse to the other. > > The file format specifies it as: > > Width Height > The width and height, from the center to the edge. ... > > Are you saying that the parser etc. is doubling it? > >> There is no way right now to rotate the ellipse, so alpha >> from the site you cited is always 0. > ... > > And there is no way to specify a "slanted" ellipse in the file format > either, so if we really want ellipses, the file format is incomplete > and should be changed. > > Why not just give a warning if width and height is not equal, saying > that we don't really support ellipses for the moment, and be done with > it.
Sorry for the noise. According to the manual ( I just checked) Arc is just a quarter circle even though it is overspecified in terms of parameters. Ellipses are not mentioned. I just liked the challenge with rotated ellipses especially checking for intersection between them. > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Aspö Data > Lilla Aspö 148 > S-742 94 Östhammar > Sweden > +46 173 140 57 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
