Hi Eeli, Have you tried the new arc editing in the Symbol Editor? I think it’s much easier to use, and I think that’s the direction Seth is going for Pcbnew/FootprintEditor.
Cheers, Jeff. > On 10 Jul 2019, at 21:52, Eeli Kaikkonen <eeli.kaikko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > ke 10. heinäk. 2019 klo 20.26 Seth Hillbrand (s...@hillbrand.org > <mailto:s...@hillbrand.org>) kirjoitti: > Problem: Arcs are stored in the pcbnew file using center, start point > and arc angle. This leaves the end point of the arc subject to rounding > errors. > > For what it's worth, in normal graphical arcs (especially in edge cuts) the > two endpoints (or start and end) are usually important, the centerpoint > isn't. The endpoints should snap to other graphical items. I don't think the > current implementation has caused much problems for that - although I may be > wrong, I have struggled with some edge cuts. What has been more important is > the limited editing capabilities: I should be able to lock some of the values > and edit the arc by giving some values, and edit graphically by using tangent > lines. And the current way of having start/endpoint distinction and different > funtionality for them in the UI is really cumbersome. But that's another > story altogether... > > Eeli Kaikkonen > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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