Em Ter 17 Jan 2006 12:05, DJ Delorie escreveu: > > Are you thinking in implementing it (to PCB-HID)? If so, I will > > start designing a new set of fonts right now. If so, I will not lost > > work designing a new font now only using lines and another usign > > arcs too. > > I'll defer to Harry and Dan about if it *should* be done. If it > *should* be done, I'll do it. > > > > Note that there is currently a rule that says arcs must have the same > > > width and height (i.e. no ellipses) but they can have any start/end > > > angles. > > > > That rule is a gerber imposition, or the gerber format accepts ellipses? > > When using PCB to draw an arc (I mean, when routing a board) sometimes is > > really important to have a function to draw a part of an arc. > > None of the HIDs has a problem with arcs that have arbitrary angles. > See http://www.delorie.com/pcb/pullit-sample.png
How did you did it????? > However, gerber is limited to drawing CIRCULAR arc segments, not > ELLIPTICAL arc segments. To support non-circular arcs, we'd have to > draw them as a series of short line segments. I understand.
