Hi guys, this ruler (caliper icon) does look really good. Is there anyway to have it available in the 2D/3D viewer when a footprint is chosen (inside the library browser)?
It is often a good idea to have a way to measure footprint size. cheers Fabrizio On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:07 PM, Maciej Sumiński <[email protected]> wrote: > Perfect, the measurement tool is already included in the master branch. > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Orson > > On 03/10/2017 03:07 PM, John Beard wrote: > > Hi Orson, > > > > That patch looks fine. Sorry about the formatting/copyright header. > > You are right for the by-ref and the const. > > > > "Measure distance" sounds fine to me. > > > > Cheers, > > > > John > > > > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Maciej Sumiński > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John, > >> > >> All I can say is: it looks really cool! I would like to merge, but > >> before I do so, would you consider the attached fixup patch? If so, I > >> simply update the existing set of patches and merge everything. > >> > >> Changes: > >> - Changed std::vector<> to const std::vector<>& in > >> PREVIEW::SetConstantGlyphHeight() > >> > >> - One of the new files had Tom as the copyright holder and incorrect > >> date, changed to "(c) 2017 KiCad Developers" > >> > >> - Changed "Measure between two points" to "Measure distance between two > >> points". I am not a native English speaker, so I need your advice here. > >> > >> - A few code formatting fixes. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Orson > >> > >> On 03/10/2017 12:18 PM, John Beard wrote: > >>> Hi Nick, > >>> > >>> That's because the label formatting just uses a fixed 2 DP display for > >>> mm (it uses 4 for inches, and 1 for degrees). It's not a perfect > >>> solution, but it does line up nicely when the labels are on the left > >>> of the line. Stripping trailing zeroes would make it ragged when you > >>> zoom in a bit and get "1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2". > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> It certainly looks quite nice. I have not yet tested the patch, but I > >>>> wonder why it shall show the integer labels here with decimals behind > >>>> it when they are all zero? > >>>> > >>>> 2017-03-09 18:18 GMT+01:00 John Beard <[email protected]>: > >>>>> By the way, here's a screenshot of the ruler tool: > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> > >>>>> John > >>>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:11 AM, John Beard <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Here's a tool I'm had on my list for a while - a ruler tool. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This patch set introduces a new directory, for "preview items" which > >>>>>> are EDA_ITEMS that are only used for transient previews, such as > >>>>>> drawing aids and selection boxes. These are located in common, so > that > >>>>>> they can (in theory) be used in any GAL canvas, not just > >>>>>> Pcbnew/Modedit. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There are also some functions that hopefully will be useful for > other > >>>>>> preview items in future in the utils file. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> There's an oustanding bug with the OpenGL GAL in that it cannot draw > >>>>>> spaces in text, so there are a couple of places where it > pre-emptively > >>>>>> strips spaces that should be removed when that bug is fixed. > >>>>>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1668455). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> John > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >
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