On Tue, 12 Apr 2016 05:08:58 +1200 Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote:
> Currently a Circle is dimensioned with > > - Center X > - Center Y > - Point on Circle X > - Point on Circle Y > > is there a reason for doing it this way as having just Center and > Radius would be simpler for entry. > > Currently i believe the file format internally uses center&Point but > the dialog could convert between them easily enough. the only possible > reason that i can think of is for square pins in round holes, but i > believe its not that simple in most cases. If you want some inspiration, the Eagle footprint reading plugin already contains some conversion code I added, because Eagle uses this format already. -- Paul "LeoNerd" Evans [email protected] http://www.leonerd.org.uk/ | https://metacpan.org/author/PEVANS
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