X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 22:46:45 +0100 From: Kai-Martin Knaak To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB: Text disappears when converting selection to element. Message-ID: <20190216224645.7d4514d7@swips.iqo.uni-hannover.de> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="Sig_/JCWsR60QNL_/phxmr0Pf0pq"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Ls/IBfnRLkv9WNliZQQKJYtoJZ6g4sBYQdFsiSnxJRCIoPYWTg2 G65ZLS/jVzrRtsIgkJ1fWecNHQ5fdDGwcv5auL2GwlOJn6OzSZT+lZIlNq7DCEdfUI5LTPY ikFCrjxACVxSm3/l7pUqihA1wGJb9vnew+65TXsMVywtF6ukImCA26oADfeMuamqZZ7ETPv 4J/Gh9nVre9VGTIlUxnsg== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:lFF1VIAwa1M=:e8iuMiwkc9BQ39ARKR30X9 s36isV0KiG/5l+TswoAFYWXXaF9TGJRtumspR4LwhI3lAoLYHcZQa/HSUaa53NiPiDNYrOLZy Oh36wlvs1R52J+WiTG3YWWoZjn4Up0sQfHafwCVAiLOaDQ2jDn9WTchVnMiv9sAV4vuaPNMMt 91+zNJ9vWC1VDfzQ/A2q7kJXI4+JtXwOOFLA8G8QpTvalCEnL7z//C5eCMn7gQ40z5GgCyAlb 841C9qVcYXPOcitu6+LUKf1jLpB40OCHDA/jbnkHQmrDvL0y4S32OTcP5Qkbop1Oy4w2+mh95 HMZWg7BhobyfmEaB2KPWgamTRtnlvFHeblj6CIWFo5Ff7pLVq9Rpdqb18+0GPnKkMFmFakZDk eQ8e69qwVd4IrUaZz8OJcZTYIgoJ4Psh4j3U8i9YBdJx6KuIexWUUfpaPKUDI2Y9wif82x3id TbW9D2Q0rgpd/zckEoWNtpDdMjTVvP9mxe5MPC5rfJCaNn8kmJKpzPnsJ2c0OcM3NfD2DupVU 1QmpsHr+z8bf9rhnL9Ic8bL1weyCmf0nX87MKiw7pq3w9XifhmF0iRnmxTjIrZUKl5fDTxK7Z UJcYKjmlXIKPeYJaMatlQGOB9cTeWrlFx4CL2QxbmJM/LHOx7d4qSjblGij/hTtTEcc3SEwtR akG9I2KeilE885xamzV+LBJDyeVSc1nowdPI9Aqhgb/Dy5IqkQJ/JPoJqkYkid1bT83AtT6PE xdA32YrOwAHw2zuRUIvcz86ajdI12jfXpkk7Lg== Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk --Sig_/JCWsR60QNL_/phxmr0Pf0pq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Girvin Herr (gherrl AT fastmail DOT com) [via 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 ---<)kaimartin(>--- --=20 Kai-Martin Knaak Email: kmk AT familieknaak DOT de =C3=96ffentlicher PGP-Schl=C3=BCssel: https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=3Dindex&search=3D0x7B0F9882 --Sig_/JCWsR60QNL_/phxmr0Pf0pq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEyAypwA/y2l/nFU8PwTqkzHsPmIIFAlxohMUACgkQwTqkzHsP mIJHGw/+Oh4FHr0cBoOMVcvsh+pEWusx7aMX5Z+720wlCwD2Awf2IvnFtnU5IX7U FUTSsZeUjJyfpJASzvca/35c+77HL8AWHRSSKd6j2PoP9kxb0vugdVCxNhZF8JZh tPXg/HkhHGcNUp/fUlgDBsNPPscvISArNezQhPtOXc7o9PITyTlRC/dzq4mW9cOD Ut1t3xNkTbI3ns4+pKzGUxKuEFOO0WVNiiPsRdX0xGnlfw4zteQddYEz+FLtEjkq wXlERcVI+RMztLxNtPY8M1x8YCwfzuD+yfnCRtu0G5zCSoV7or4SCjfb2UJZI6oL StPtoQcEJjn2JgzgLTM9jINXyHoktlQK6ATFGTzadM3/3qXwEx8wDuT04Pkfkppl 6sb0kdMV+68Ipu+C4Bv46kGGjIzpH7Iy0oyWoG6d68Wvnk8iuawrAv+qddmAAORQ fnCphnM7nh+rNnbaPxQzKPxoXWt4fxDWHpnqLxDCRoECjT4b2/X5Ofm3M+VcBpbG nA+dy/9P3W9njsnVgzNRowv8+iheQaVfW/jCuW+CBnPpEKIn+vI4owHyo3O7NFpk YC1Pl23R6x9INydraWwrsy99bPYTwlRMLrAyiMDESiSErotL3H9jh/xx3LgiMNSy Y0vfXu//pQUC7MlWpDYK4iU5m7VEAG3A8mHTVMLK2gPCEmka3Po= =90V+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/JCWsR60QNL_/phxmr0Pf0pq--