gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
I'm trying to make a board with a moderate number of LEDs arranged in concentric circles. To do this, I am trying to formulate a pcb command script that will perform all the necessary operations to do this. The basics are working, but I cannot figure out how to indicate the reference point when

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread DJ Delorie
If you know where each LED goes, why not put them on the board in the right place, instead of dispersing them then moving them? Then you know where the Paste() reference is. Or write a plugin that does a MoveComponent() :-) ___ geda-user mailing

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
DJ Delorie wrote: Or write a plugin that does a MoveComponent() A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability. IMHO, this should be part of the core, not as a volatile plugin. ---)kaimartin(--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de Öffentlicher

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread DJ Delorie
A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability. IMHO, this should be part of the core, not as a volatile plugin. If you'd like to do the patch, go for it. Otherwise, a plugin gets him a solution faster, and it can be merged into the core later.

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:36:58 -0500 DJ Delorie d...@delorie.com wrote: If you know where each LED goes, why not put them on the board in the right place, instead of dispersing them then moving them? Then you know where the Paste() reference is. How exactly does one put them on the board in

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Rages
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Colin D Bennett co...@gibibit.com wrote: I'm trying to make a board with a moderate number of LEDs arranged in concentric circles.  To do this, I am trying to formulate a pcb command script that will perform all the necessary operations to do this. The basics

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:14:49 +0100 Kai-Martin Knaak k...@lilalaser.de wrote: DJ Delorie wrote: Or write a plugin that does a MoveComponent() A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability. IMHO, this should be part of the core, not as a volatile plugin. Is

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 04:18:48PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability. IMHO, this should be part of the core, not as a volatile plugin. If you'd like to do the patch, go for it. Otherwise, a plugin gets him a solution

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:18:48 -0500 DJ Delorie d...@delorie.com wrote: A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability. IMHO, this should be part of the core, not as a volatile plugin. If you'd like to do the patch, go for it. Otherwise, a plugin gets him a

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Mark Rages markra...@gmail.com writes: You would be wise to avoid PCB for anything non-rectangular. It is exceedingly painful. I do recommend pcb for anything non-rectangular. The arcs can be nicely done in gnumeric, python, awk, whatever. With a gui this will be difficult. For example the

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Clifton
On Wed, 2011-02-23 at 13:20 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:14:49 +0100 Kai-Martin Knaak k...@lilalaser.de wrote: DJ Delorie wrote: Or write a plugin that does a MoveComponent() A MoveComponent() action would be a major step toward general scriptability.

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Mark Rages
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Stephan Boettcher boettc...@physik.uni-kiel.de wrote: Mark Rages markra...@gmail.com writes: You would be wise to avoid PCB for anything non-rectangular.  It is exceedingly painful. I do recommend pcb for anything non-rectangular.  The arcs can be nicely

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Stephan Boettcher wrote: For example the outline of the board on the attached picture This looks nice. How about a Ben mode rendered image of this layout on the gallery of gpleda.org? (Ideally augmented with the shadow effect of image magick) (which will launch into space later this

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-23 Thread John Griessen
On 02/23/2011 03:49 PM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: For example the outline of the board on the attached picture Looks like a sea urchin! Yay non-GUI! JG ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org