On 06/28/2011 08:27 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: > On 06/28/2011 08:21 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: >> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >>> Why less legible file format? I am not arguing for tens of nm, I am saying >>> that that decision has no bearing on file format human readability. >> The 'slightly' was 'slightly' ironic... it's only 'more' intuitive in nm >> than in tens on nm. Of course at the end it's exactly the same :D >> >>> Are we no longer in agreement that we will be saving these interim board >>> files >>> in either mm or mils? >> I wouldn't care less of the actual unit used. Everything that's needed >> is already in place, so we just have to decide. The mm/mil syntax would >> be fine for me > > I look now at my board file, I see this already: > > > $SETUP > InternalUnit 0.000100 INCH > > > We change it to this:
oops, to this $SETUP Units mils or this, at time of save: $SETUP Units mm The internal units are no longer anybody's business. > > $SETUP > InternalUnit mils > > > or this, at time of save: > > $SETUP > InternalUnit mm > > > this gets us by for 2 years. The file save and load functions have to do > scaling. This is new code that does not currently exist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
