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From: karl AT aspodata DOT se
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb: ARC bug
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Comments: In-reply-to Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de>
   message dated "Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:15:47 +0200."
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Kai-Martin Knaak:
> M. J. Everitt wrote:
> 
> > What I mean by the 'working area' is the canvas area described in
> > PCB as the "Board size"  in the preferences, not by any outline
> > drawn on the screen.
> 
> We are using "working area" in the exact same sense. I fail to see the 
> reasons why there is a distinction between the "working area" and the 
> vast rest of the technically available coordinate space. Why is it 
> necessary to prevent the user from accessing objects outside the 
> working area? 

Don't know, but it makes it hard to fit a board into an enclosure ... 
so I tend to make the "board area" bigger than the actual final pcb 
area so I can use footprints that "sticks out" from the board 
(e.g. connectors, potensiometers), fit the pcb within an "enclosure fp" 
etc.

It's also nice to put yet-non-placed fp's outside the actual pcb area
while working on the board.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar

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