On 14.03.2017 16:44, John Beard wrote: > Hi, > > This is something I've bene toying with for a little while: an > enhanced overlay and construction method for arcs in Pcbnew. > > The flashiest part is the new overlay, which is similar to the ruler > tool in concept and feel and uses many of the same utility functions. > > New features for the tool are ability to "go back" with backspace and > snap angles with the Ctrl key. > > It introduces a couple of new classes, which, as members of > common/preview_items, can theoretically be used from other GAL > canvases for implementing similar tools. > > I tried to genericise the event loop code, but failed to make it much > clearer, so I put it back: it's still a custom event lootp in > DRAWING_TOOL::drawArc. >
Hi John, Great job again, I vote for merging it. BTW - do you think it would be worth to extend the arc tool with more drawing modes? For example, defining an arc with a constant angle by its two endpoints? Cheers, Tom _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
