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Date: | Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:50:02 +0200 |
From: | "Gabriel Paubert (paubert AT iram DOT es) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> |
To: | "Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: [geda-user] file format cooperation |
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 09:53:39PM +0930, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > It should be noted that pcb-rnd can import and export in gEDA PCB format > (and kicad XML, eagle xml, eagle binary, protel autotrax...), it's just > that you inevitably lose features by exporting like this because PCB's (and > kicad's, protel's, eagle's) data model(s) is(are) a subset of pcb-rnd's. > > I have two separate exporters in inkscape2pcb for this reason, one that > exports to gEDA PCB .fp format, and the other to pcb-rnd .lht format, which > natively allows polygons within footprints, arcs, and text, along with any > other feature you find on a layout. > > I think the lesson is that you need a save file format that can adequately > express the feature set being used on a board, rather than having the > feature set used on the board being constrained by the save file format. Seconded. Gabriel > > My two cents worth. > > Erich > > > > pcb has spawned a clone (2014-ish) with an entirely different native > > file format, I won't call that a "vendor lock" in though, it's > > effectively preventing users to swap applications "on the fly", and we > > can learn from this. > > > > > > > >
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