Most of the time I wish to use the ruler tool to display x/y measurements.
This simple patch displays dx and dy on the ruler tool.
From 8a4f58580530b06d2161218e3e2b33a343e4ff97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oliver <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 21:59:21 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Add x/y dimensions to PCB ruler
- Display dx and dy in addition to euclidian distance and angle
---
common/preview_items/ruler_item.cpp | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/preview_items/ruler_item.cpp b/common/preview_items/ruler_item.cpp
index 2442a17..21c24da 100644
--- a/common/preview_items/ruler_item.cpp
+++ b/common/preview_items/ruler_item.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ static void drawCursorStrings( KIGFX::VIEW* aView, const VECTOR2D& aCursor,
// draw the cursor labels
std::vector<wxString> cursorStrings;
+ cursorStrings.push_back( DimensionLabel( "x", aRulerVec.x, aUnits ) );
+ cursorStrings.push_back( DimensionLabel( "y", aRulerVec.y, aUnits ) );
+
cursorStrings.push_back( DimensionLabel( "r", aRulerVec.EuclideanNorm(), aUnits ) );
double degs = RAD2DECIDEG( -aRulerVec.Angle() );
--
2.7.4
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