Re: gEDA-user: ANN: gschem symbol rotation script (Mark Rages)
Mark, how doy you call the python script? You gave some nice screen shots of the results, but my quick look through the code I did not see an example of how to call it. Does it only do 45 degree rotations, or is one of the arguments the rotation angle? Also, will this work on PCB newlib footprints? I recently made an LED pendant circuit with 12 LEDs arranged in a circle. But with only PCB rotations on 90 steps, I had trouble with line clearances on the outer circle ground line and the one LEd that needed a transistor. So I manually made two more LED footprints, one rotated 30 degrees, and one 60. The square pads were still on 90 degree steps, but the rest of the LED layout was much prettier. Thanks for writing the script for the rest of us. Mike ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: ANN: gschem symbol rotation script (Mark Rages)
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Mike Bushroe mbush...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, how doy you call the python script? You gave some nice screen shots of the results, but my quick look through the code I did not see an example of how to call it. Does it only do 45 degree rotations, or is one of the arguments the rotation angle? Did you look at the README? It takes one argument, which is the rotation angle. The symbol is read from stdin, written to stdout. Any rotation should work, but as the pins are snapped to the closest grid point, not all rotations will produce attractive symbols. Also, will this work on PCB newlib footprints? No. But I don't think it is necessary. pcb has a way to rotate footprints to arbitrary angles. (if you have a really old build of pcb you might need to upgrade first.) See this message and the surrounding thread: http://www.seul.org/pipermail/geda-user/2007-November/009169.html Regards, Mark markra...@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markra...@midwesttelecine.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: ANN: gschem symbol rotation script (Mark Rages)
Cut to buffer :FreeRotateBuffer(45) Paste GREAT! Wish I had seen that feature last week when trying to get the button battery holder to fit on the backside between the 14 pin DIP and the 12 LEDs. A 45 might have just hit the spot. Thanks, I'll rotate a few symbols to try it out. Mike ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
