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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB size definition
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:07:52 +0200
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Markus Hitter wrote:

> My question now is, whould calculating the board size dynamically be a
> good solution for the entire application?

Yes, please!
The various print exporters could benefit from this too. The boundary box 
of EPS might be set to the extents of the outline. And the gerber may 
export a text file with width and height in millimeters and in inches.
I'd even advocate for a dedicated action that calculates the extents of 
the layout according to the lines on outline. 
I need to pass this information to the fab for production. Currently, I 
set the local origin at the lower left, move the mouse to upper right and  
read the coordinates from the top of the window. This is kind of awward.

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