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	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:15:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"James Battat (jbattat AT wellesley DOT edu) [via geda-help AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-help AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	[geda-help] pad dimensions shrink when footprint flips to other side of board
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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:15:16 -0400
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Unexpected behavior / bug?

If I place an element on the top side of the board, then flip it to the back side of the board (by pressing “B"), the pad size shrinks.

If, instead, I rotate the component by 90 degrees before flipping it to the backside, the pad shape is unchanged.  I can then rotate the component on the back-side without any change to the pad size.

For what it's worth, when I click and drag the component on the back side (the component with the wrong pad shape), the red outline of the dragged object shows the correct pad dimensions.  Perhaps this implies a problem with the display (maybe gerbers are fine — haven’t checked yet)?

As an example, here’s a link to a screen grab of a minimal example of this problem:
   http://academics.wellesley.edu/Physics/jbattat/geda/issues/flipbug.html

Ahhh, just before sending this email, I see that if I close PCB and then re-open the file, the problem goes away (i.e. all pads are the right size).  So I can work around it, but still, I figured you'd like to know (maybe you’re already aware of all of this).

I’m using pcb v1.99z with GTK on debian.

Thanks,
James

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