On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 2= :17 PM Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail.= com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT co= m] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

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Chad,

Just an update to let you know what I discovered since my last message. I discovered that LibreCad (LC) does not handle PNG imports very well. It imports the file, but it is huge. When I tried to "scale" it down by a reasonable amount, the image disappeared! I later read that LC prefers vector graphics to raster bit-maps, of which PNG is, and suggests converting the raster file to DXF using inkscape. I have tried that in the past, but with less than successful results.

However, I tried exporting the PCB layers I want using the EPS option instead of the PNG option, and then running the EPS file through pstoedit, which converts it to DXF, which is LC's native file format for "blocks". I then imported the DXF file as a= block into my LC drawing and it worked fine. I was then able to make my assembly drawing using the PCB exported design without re-drawing it. Slick.

BTW: For another "data point", I was going to try to expor= t my design as EPS without the work-around you suggested (no copper layers selected), but DJ mentioned in a previous message in this thread that the EPS option also has the same problem. So, I will not bother testing it.

BTW2: I discovered the "PS" PCB export option produces the= same output as File > Print - all board layers on separate pages - which is not the same format as the other export options. That was not expected but may be by design for some reason. It may be more intuitive to "Print" to a file using PostScript and let the= PS export have the same result as the other export options.

Girvin

On 1/29/19 4= :31 PM, Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gma= il.com) [via geda-user AT d= elorie.com] wrote:

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Great! I'm glad we have a working solution for now.

Since you have something that works, I'll look into it som= e more this weekend.

Cheers,

--Chad

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 7:08 PM Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <ge= da-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Chad,

Okay, here's what I did. As you suggested, I used the unused "signal2" layer to create a box around the b= oard edge and kept it turned on with the "component" and "solder" layers turned off. In the PNG dialog, I ch= ecked the "screen-layout-order" option and that gave me w= hat I want - silkscreen, pins, and outline. If I leave the "screen-layout-order" option unchecked and nothing = else changed, then I get everything again - traces from both sides and all.

So, I thank you for your work-around and I can continue my work wile you get it sorted out. I will look into posting a bug report ASAP.

Thanks Again.
Girvin

On 1/29/19 3:35 PM, Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

Okay, so, it's not a recent thing. That means I didn't break anything (that I don't already know about) :)

As a temporary workaround, do you have a spare copper layer? Maybe you could draw the outline on the spare layer and enable it. Perhaps that would trick the pads into being drawn while we get this sorted out.

LaunchPad is the bug tracker that we use:

https://launchpad.net/pcb

Generally common sense applies. Provide enough info so that the devs can reproduce the problem. The easier you make it for us and the more specific you can be, the easier it is for us to help you.

Thanks,

--Chad

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 6:30 PM Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Chad & DJ,

Thanks for your prompt response.

Yes, I have "Only-visible" checked in the = PNG dialog. That was the first thing I did, since the prompt specifically said "...visible items...&qu= ot;, which implies visible on the screen.

I thought I did this before, but my notes from then say to enable "Component" side to get = pads. Otherwise will only get silkscreen. Sounds familiar. However, that board was a single-sided board, so it didn't matter, since there were no traces on the Component side. This new board is a double-sided board. I just checked and exporting with "Component" layer turned on will produ= ce the top silk, pins and both component and solder layer traces, which still is not what I want. I don't want the traces for this export. According to the PNG file date on that single-sided board, it was February of 2015. So, this process was giving me problems that far back at least.

I have never used LaunchPad before or filed a bug report. How do I do that? Is there a process document I can read to do it? If so, where can I find it?

Thanks again.
Girvin

On 1/29/19 2:39 PM, Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com<= /a>] wrote:

It does appear that the pins and pads not being drawn. Did this ever work for you? Did it break recently?

Could you please file a bug report on LaunchPad? I'll take a look.

On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 5:29 PM DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

<= br> Please make sure you have also checked the "only-visible" option in the
png exporter dialog.