Mail Archives: geda-user/2014/06/10/21:00:47
On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 22:59 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote:
>
> I might find some spare cycles in the near future.
>
> Depending on what parts to do and when needed (road map please).
I'll try and hash something out when I get a few cycles myself!
One item will be working out a design for the UI of an editor for all
these new exciting poly-curve-loop entities we will start adding to
represent board outlines, footprint courtyards, complex pad shapes
etc...
I'm thinking we could eventually end up with something like a basic
dumbed down of an MCAD sketcher, supporting lines, arcs, and the concept
of "snapping". Bonus points for making it a little parametric, e.g.
allowing definition of driving dimensions.
In the first instance - just a grid based editor with snapping would be
enough, assuming we can write a simple algorithm to check for the
required simple closed path, with "near enough to snap" end-points.
Adding arc segments to polygons with our current editing scheme will be
hard. I think we need to "activate" editing, and explicitly show the
lines which make the poly(gon|curve), along with handles - and the
ability to delete and re-create individual segments of the outline
sketch as independent entities.
When leaving editing, we would then need to validate the geometry (and
accept it, or prompt the user to discard or continue editing if there is
a problem).
> It might be a good idea to start a topic branch "devel" for this
> development on the upstream repo.
Possibly. The code I have is clean enough (ish), and self-contained
enough to be separable from the PCB+GL stuff it is currently sitting on
top of. It just wants a little tidy up, and a few WIP patches squashing
together.
> Maybe we need a "wall" for scribbles on the Launchpad bug report system
> to stay in sync with other developers and contributors.
>
> Maybe we need to get organised at IRC #geda on regular time slices (EU
> and/or US time zones ?), and have code sprints.
>
> Or remain with "business as usual" ;-( and have 1 accidental commit
> per month (me thinks not funny !).
Hey.. most of my recent commits HAVE been deliberate, even if seemingly
random in nature ;)
> I'm not very strong with C coding skills or "managing" software
> projects, maybe documenting stuff and bug hunting.
>
> I do know that development on pcb is on the brink of stalling, so FWIW,
> I will put my shoulders under this initiative.
>
> On to pcb-4.0 !!
Meh - 2.0. I'm not inclined to recognise a fork which didn't change the
name. (Or perhaps WE should change our name!).
Peter
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Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>
Clifton Electronics
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Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>
Clifton Electronics
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