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Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 12:19:54 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] change line size: nevermind
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On 05/26/2014 06:03 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
>> Found it...Select all traces by turning off everything else, select
>> all visible, then ":ChangeSize(SelectedLines, 7)". (for 7mils)
> 
> IIRC, the size parameter is 1/100 of a mil by default.
> 
> I recommend to use the unit parameter to reduce this kind of 
> ambiguity. To achieve 7 mil width:
>  ChangeSize(SelectedLines, 7, mil)

  Yes I learned that the hard way after my post. ;)  Thanks for the
clarification.

> BTW, in section "actions" the manual still refers to 1/100 mil as the 
> internal unit of pcb
> 	http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html#Actions
> 
> It only mentions "mm" and "mil". In fact, pcb deals gracefully with 
> the usual multiples, too. E.g. "m", "nm", "um", ...
> No "ly", though ;-)

  ;)

           -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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