I could make the unit choice "auto", "mm", "in" where auto = guess at board center, but I'm not comfortable with that since "auto" is not a unit and is not selecting a unit. Another alternative is to add a button to enable/disable the manual offset entry but I have a feeling that will make the GUI look ugly/uglier. I will think about it more.
- Cirilo On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 7:35 AM, easyw <[email protected]> wrote: > I Cirilo, > > I tested the release 6091, and I noticed that there is the new Grid > reference point, which is a nice feature. > > It would be possible to display in the exporting dialog, instead of 'X > ref: 0, Y ref: 0' the actual base point of the board? > > In this way it would be compatible with old IDF export... > > I mean if the user wants to place the IDF pcb at X=0, Y=0 he has only to > put 0 on the X ref and Y ref fields; if not the IDF pcb will be exported as > in previous versions to the center of the pcb coordinates in kicad. > > I know it would be possible to insert the mid value of the board, but it > should be calculate manually, getting values from the pcb edges of the > board. > Putting in the dialog fields as default the the center of the pcb > coordinates in kicad will avoid that operation and do not change the way it > was exported in previous versions. > > I'm asking that because in this way kicad StepUp chain will keep working > as in previous versions... > > I mean I can change myself the value of the pcb IDF position, but this > would be done discriminating which version of pcbnew is used... before 6091 > or after. > > thank you > Maurice > > > On 13/08/2015 03.10, Cirilo Bernardo wrote: > >> The attached patch implements the following changes: >> >> 1. Restores a "Meter" output option to the VRML export >> >> 2. Adds a "Grid Reference Point" to the VRML export; this >> allows a user to specify the (X,Y) coordinate which will be >> the origin point on the output. Previous behavior was to >> guess a point at the center of the board, but a user-specified >> value is more useful and was planned though never implemented. >> >> 3. Adds a "Grid Reference Point" to the IDF export; this >> is similar in purpose to the corresponding VRML export feature. >> >> From my perspective the addition of the Grid Reference Point >> is the last minor improvement to the VRML and IDF export >> code. Except for bug fixes I have no intention of making any >> further changes to those export codes until after the post- >> release 3D refactoring. >> >> Despite the size of the patch, the changes are minor. The bulk >> of the patch is due to wxFormBuilder's autogenerated code. >> >> - 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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