Hi Maurice, The X,Y,Z offset associated with the individual IDF component models is interpreted as whatever the currently selected pcbnew units are (mm, inch) so the interpretation varies. I need to change the code so that the XYZ offset is always interpreted as inches.
The board offset is a different matter; I use an approximation of the board center for (0,0) but it would be much better if the reference point can be specified so the user can control this. - Cirilo On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 6:37 PM, easyw <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cirilo, > > which is the offset problem in IDF exporter? > At the moment the only issue I've found in the IDF exported file is the > offset of the pcb when you rotate the board and components inside kicad > pcbnew before export the IDF file (but I think is a quite improbable > case)... > > thank you > Maurice > > > > On 05/08/2015 10.22, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I'd like an opinion on some changes I'd like to make to the VRML >> and IDF exporters before the stable release. >> >> 1. VRML: In "Export VRML" the choices of unit in the output file are >> Inch, mm, and meter. In my opinion the 'meter' option is 100% >> useless and I propose to change this to 100 mil (or equivalently, >> 0.1 inch). This will push the VRML exporter 1 step closer to being >> able to export a model which can be reused as a subassembly >> within KiCad. I don't know the current state of the VRML parser >> code - but if the parser currently resolves URNs then adding this >> 0.1 inch option will indeed produce models which can be fed back >> into KiCad. >> >> 2. IDF: My treatment of the 'offset' values in the IDF exporter is >> wrong; this is a bug although not a bug which is likely to be >> seen in action. I propose to fix this bug before the release. It might >> sound silly that I ask for an opinion before doing this task, but >> the reason I ask is that I really haven't got much free time at all >> so I wouldn't bother unless others believed that I should fix the bug >> immediately. >> >> - Cirilo >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >>
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