Mail Archives: geda-user/2013/06/29/23:11:59
I guess you are worried about the size the symbol actually prints out at
when you sent it to a printer?
Because the on-screen size and the size as defined in gschem units is
essentially relative, even though it is specified in 1000th's of an inch.
The printing size is controlled by what you chose for a title block
symbol. The standard gEDA schematic symbols are huge, so I generally
use a "B" size title block and print on "A" size paper (I forget the
metric names for those paper sizes... sorry...) So then the symbols are
a nice size to read.
Maybe you can solve your problem by just using a 100 gschem-unit grid
for creating symbols, but make your own title block that scales that to
the correct metric length when printed? A title block symbol is easy to
make. With a small amount of experimentation, you can probably get the
symbols to print at the size that you want. (If I understand your
concern correctly....)
-dave
On 06/29/2013 03:59 PM, Alexey Shaposhnikov wrote:
> I'm trying to do ESKD (exUSSR standards for design documentation and
> technical drawing)-compliant symbols for gschem and encountered with such
> problem: in ESKD are using metric sizes for graphical symbols, so place
> components pins on 100 mils grid either difficult (for something like JFET
> symbol: http://i.imgur.com/b2P56qH.png) or practically impossible (for trimming
> resistor symbol: http://i.imgur.com/ZGbXqav.png)
>
> So i must either use a custom grid size (40 mils) with scale 100 points = 2,5mm
> or recompile gEDA because at scale 100 points = 1 mm hardwired sizes for
> pins, nets and junctions became too small.
>
> Is there exist a more elegant solution?
>
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