+1 to having the setting. As for where it’s stored, I don’t have much preference. All of them have plusses and minuses.
Cheers, Jeff. > On 16 May 2019, at 18:52, Seth Hillbrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 2019-05-16 13:35, schrieb Jon Evans: >> Hi Seth, >> If we need to store the value to control plotting as part of board >> settings (option 2), which makes sense to me, what is the advantage of >> storing a different value in user settings (3)? > > Hi Jon- > > If there is a mismatch between a computer's video capabilities and the size > of the board being created, the user could work on the board in a lower > resolution and then output a smoother gerber (that is consistent across > computers). This is how Solidworks handles 3d graphics. > > This doesn't affect things like circles/tracks that use defined primitives in > gerber output. It only affects interpolated edges in polygons. For other > interpolations like rounded rectangles, we already use a higher (64) > segments-per-circle count for the approximation in the output than we use for > the on-screen representation. > > -Seth > > _______________________________________________ > 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
