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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem filled polygons?
From: Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:39:56 +0000
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On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 17:01 -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:30:09 +0100
> Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz <k DOT kosciuszkiewicz AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 02:47:05PM -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote:
> > > I have tried to draw filled triangles and other polygons in
> > > gschem before and did not find a way to do it.
> > 
> > That's because GUI does not support creation of new paths.
> > 
> > > How is such a filled triangle done????????
> > 
> > You need to edit the *.sym file directly or use a tool to
> > generate it - easiest from SVG as path description mimics SVG
> 
> That's hard core!!
> It's a secret expert mode so that only the elite can create
> beautiful symbols.

Yes - sorry about that... I ran out of steam between creating the
file-format and rendering support, and figuring out how to integrate a
decent path editor with the GUI.

On the plus side, the syntax gschem supports loading is the same as an
SVG path, so if you set your scale and grids correctly, you can create
them in Inkscape, then paste in the relevant bits of path string.

Best wishes,

-- 
Peter Clifton <peter DOT clifton AT clifton-electronics DOT co DOT uk>

Clifton Electronics