Re: gEDA-user: Footprint-guide -- is arc description wrong?

2007-07-31 Thread Dave N6NZ
Stuart Brorson wrote: > > Therefore, I wonder if I should withdraw the footprint doc and > point to the File Format section of the on-line PCB manual? N! It's about the only PCB documentation that I regularly use. I think it is a fine document. > Or > should I simply update the footprin

Re: gEDA-user: Footprint-guide -- is arc description wrong?

2007-07-31 Thread Stefan Salewski
Am Dienstag, den 31.07.2007, 06:51 -0400 schrieb Stuart Brorson: > > Actually I haven't touched the footprint doc in over 2 1/2 years, and > a lot of the info is therefore likely outdated. > I think that most contents of the footprint doc is up to date, and it is very helpful for understanding f

Re: gEDA-user: Footprint-guide -- is arc description wrong?

2007-07-31 Thread Stuart Brorson
This is an interesting point. Actually I haven't touched the footprint doc in over 2 1/2 years, and a lot of the info is therefore likely outdated. I've never been a fan of the PCB manual since it is over 100 pages of hard to read verbiage with no screenshots (just IMO). Newbies probably find

gEDA-user: Footprint-guide -- is arc description wrong?

2007-07-31 Thread Stefan Salewski
The description of ElementArcs in footprint creation guide is misleading. In current pcb measurement of positive values for angles is counterclockwise as stated in pcb-documentation. Wrong: http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20050129.pdf StartAngle Starting angle of arc – measured in deg