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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] PCB: Text disappears when converting selection to
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"Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> schrieb am 16. February 2019:

> I was not aware of the text limitation in pcb. I assumed text was just=20
> another silk graphics feature like lines and arcs.=20

I find this a major limitation, too. Sure enough, real editable text in
footprints would require major alterations of the internal handling
and representation of footprints in pcb. But an automatic conversion of
text to line segments would go a long way. IMHO, no major modification
of the internals or the file format would be required.


> Whatever is on the=20
> silk layer, stays on the silk layer. It is, after all, just graphics -=20
> no intelligence. I guess I could add the text in the pcb design on the=20
> silk layer, but that is prone to error. I will check out your utility=20
> and see if I can use it.

I like to use the tool pstoedit for this purpose
	http://www.pstoedit.net/
This is quite a universal conversion tool which can deal with arbitrary
shapes. It enabled me to import the outline of enclosures from 3D
models provided by the manufacturer.

Apparently, pstoedit is kept up to date and receives updates. E.g.
the developers added an option to make the output metric. Since a few
versions pstoedit can output gschem format, too. I haven't tried this
yet.=20

As a bonus, pstoedit is included in major linux distros (Debian,
Fedora, Ubuntu, arch, ...).=20

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