DJ Delorie wrote: > >> How about this: Let footprints contain a file name of an macro image >> from the top. Then, the photo mode could use the image to render a >> populated board. ;-) > > I thought of that, but you need to be able to correctly align the > photo with the rotated/positioned element footprint.
PCB knows about the rotation of a footprint and the position of its origin/handle. So it needs the coordinates of point in the photo that corresponds to the origin. In addition, a scaling information may be required. All of this additional information would fit nicely in the package concept I am about to propose... >> BTW, shadows can be rendered with a little image-magick: > > That kind of logic should be in the PNG exporter... True. But it was way easier for me to search the web for convert utility options. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user