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Subject: Re: [geda-user] [pcb-rnd] working DXF exporter commited - anyone
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On 08/31/2017 09:29 AM, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> On 08/31/2017 12:06 PM, Stephan Böttcher wrote:
>>> I think an importer would be a natural fit for using a case fully,
>>> speeding the layout outline creation with holes that can line up, etc.
>>> It's only a small speedup though for many boards.  It would help teams
>>> more than individuals, so it may not match the user base well.
>> Such a user is right here! Both for import and export.  Our mech ing
>> would love dxf exports of my boards.  'til now he got 600dpi pngs to
>> import into his cad.
>>
>> I guess it is about time to try to import my boards into a fresh built
>> of pcb-rnd, even if it is just for DXF export.
>>
>> Import will probably require a full featured dxf lib.  A standalone
>> converter is probably safer.  Does librecad allow export plugins?
>    Seconded, my work is a very common use case for this as well.
>
>    I think the user base includes a lot of non-individual usage, at least
> from people I've talked to.
>
>                -Dave
>
Greetings,
To add my 2-cents: My personal workflow creates assembly drawings with 
arrows to components and parts list index number balloons as well as 
assembly notes, for circuit boards. In the past, I have used Gschem to 
create these drawings, but recently switched to LibreCad as a better 
tool. Up to now, I have been exporting my designs in PCB to Postscript 
and then using pstoedit to convert them to DXF to finish editing in 
LibreCad. That works, but is an extra, error-prone step. It will be nice 
to have that step built-in to pcb-rnd. Now I just have to find a pcb-rnd 
project to get familiar with it...
Girvin Herr