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Nicklas Karlsson wrote: > If connection check ignores text in copper it will not notice if > they short circuit and this is probably an example for the main > argument I had. The idea had was that text is transformed to the > same simple drawing primitives used for all other objects and then > this transformation have been done there would be no need for any > special handling of text. Current pcb format has characters defined by regular strokes. So no need for a transform. DRC and connection-check ignore text anyway. > Summary: > In both cases text is stored as text in pcb layout file. In both > cases it is possible to chose suitable rules for rendering and I > guess there may be a conflict between something good looking at > screen and suitable for printing as a silkscreen. IMHO, the geometry shown on screen should be as close as possible to the shapes the fab is expected to produce. This is one of the few instances where what-you-see-is-what-you-get actually makes sense. ---<)kaimartin(>---
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