Thanks for the help - much appreciated On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 18:09 +0100, Stefan Salewski wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 16:57 +0000, Alex Huntley wrote: > > I've started trying to use Geda for the first time, starting with the > > schematic editor. > > How do you change the grid units from imperial to metric (i.e. mm)? > > Forgive me if it's obvious and I'm being thick but I have checked the > > documentation and can't find anything. > > > > For the schematics editor gschem the grid units are arbitrary -- there > is not a fixed unit, because schematics are abstract. > > Printout is usually scaled to fit to paper size. > Most people use a title block, the border of this title block is then > scaled to fit on the paper. Some title-blocks are called something like > a4, but this is not really bound to a4 paper. We can use any title block > we want (and print it). > > For gschem you can select grid size in menu, but you have to ensure that > pins of symbols end on grid points which are multiple of 100. > >
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