| ID: | 3460 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:30:50 +0200 (CEST) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] What is the origin for XY files? |
| in-reply-to: | 3459 from Bob Paddock <gr...@gmail.com> |
On Thu, 17 Oct 2019, Bob Paddock wrote: >On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 9:59 AM <gedau@igor2.repo.hu> wrote: > >> The origin point, by default, is the top left corner of the drawing area, >> since pcb-rnd is using the same coordinate system for the xy export as for >> the GUI. > >This link: > >> http://repo.hu/cgi-bin/pool.cgi?cmd=show&node=macrofab > >Also says: > >"By default pcb-rnd uses the implicit Pick and Place(P&P) origin of >0;0 at the lower left corner." > >As well as something else I can't locate now lead me to believe the >default origin was the >lower left. Ok, it may be that it uses lower left in xy - I don't have the code here. Trust the doc! >Either way the origin point needs to be referenced in the created >file, to get around exactly these ambiguities. Yes, best if you place an explicit pnp-origin object, especially that your board outline won't always match the rectangular drawing area.
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