On 10/11/2010 4:21 PM, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: > Wayne, > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: >> for some reason 4.3 sticks in my head but it has been a while since I have >> looked at this code ) so it is less of an issue in this case. Before someone >> gets upset, I'm not suggesting that PCBNew should not support the maximum >> resolution of RS-274X, I'm merely commenting that it currently does not. > > It currently always plots 2:4 imperial, which causes the same problems > going into the fabricator's CAM system. Other tools typically plot 3:5 > metric (which _is_ 10 nm or precisely what is required to precisely align > imperial and metric grids). > > Its funny but the NC drill files can be output metric, which will cause > the holes to misalign with the pad flashes and cause havoc for less > forgiving CAM systems too. It was easy enough to expand the plot dialog > to allow the user to select the precision of the RS-274X plots.
Did you submit a patch for this? I don't remember seeing one. I see this as something other folks (myself include) would be interested in. Wayne > > --brian > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
